He joined as a nurturing player and was responsible for home runs-RBI No. 1

A foreign hitter who joined as a pro baseball player ranks first in homers. Leandro Cedeno (25), an infielder with the Orix Buffaloes in the Japanese pro baseball, hit three homers in two games. He hit four in 12 games to rank No. 1 overall in the Pacific League, Central League and both leagues.

Cedeño started the game against the Rakuten Eagles at Kyocera Dome in Osaka on Sunday local time as the fourth baseman. He had no hit at bat for the first time in the second and fourth innings. He was out after striking out swinging and hitting a grounder to shortstop. With the score tied 0-1, Cedeño hit a homerun in the left-center field in his third at bat. With the ball count of 1B, he hit a fastball with a high-course pitch thrown by right-handed starting pitcher Seiryo Uchi.

It's his fourth home run of the season.

In the last at-bat in the eighth inning, he drew a walk.

The Orix Buffaloes, who balanced the game with Cedeno's tiebreaking home run, won the game 2-1 in the bottom of the ninth inning. Kotaro Kurebayashi hit a timely hit in the middle with one out. Cedeno laid the stepping stone for the come-from-behind victory with a home run.

He has strong performance in the early days of this season. He hit two home runs at a game against Rakuten on the previous day (10th). He hit a first-run homer at his first at-bat in the bottom of the second inning, and a tying two-run homer in the bottom of the eighth inning when his team was losing 2-4. Despite Cedeno's hard hit, Orix lost the game 4-5 by allowing one run in the top of the 10th inning.

Venezuelan Uttuta infielder. Very good physical condition. 1m 94, 118kg giant.

He joined the St. Louis Cardinals in 2014. He tried unsuccessfully for the Major League while playing for the Arizona Diamondbacks. After playing only in the minor leagues, he signed a contract with the Orix Buffaloes in December 2022. He signed a contract to foster the team, not as an official player.

After playing in the secondary league last year, he transitioned to an official player in mid-May. In his first year, he played 57 games and posted a batting average of 24.4 percent, 43 hits, and 9 home runs

Run, he recorded 34 RBIs. He renewed his contract for 130 million yen. He gained confidence after experiencing and adapting to the secondary league."

As of Tuesday, he had a batting average of 342 with 13 hits, four homers, nine RBIs and an OPS (on-base plus slugging percentage) of 1.089. He is tied for first in homers and tied for fourth in overall RBIs and hits. Cedeno hit all four of Orix's home runs.

Orix, who has been at the top of the league for three consecutive years from 2021 to 2023, is slowing down at the beginning of the season. As of Tuesday, it ranks fifth among six teams in the Pacific League. With a batting average of 255, it ranks the lowest among 12 teams in the Japanese pro baseball.

BY: 토토