Esmail Rogers (39), a foreign pitcher who played for Hanwha and Nexen, showed a powerful pitch in the Dominican Winter League.
The Dominican Winter League is over for the regular season and the semi – finals series is being held. Rodgers plays for estrelas orientales.헤라카지노도메인
Rodgers pitched as a starter in a game against Leones del Escoichido on the 5th, and became the winning pitcher with six hits, no walks and three strikeouts in five innings. Estrellas Orientales won 3-0.
After catching the first batter with a fly ball to right field in the first inning, he allowed a hit to Hector Rodriguez. He threw a wild pitch against Yamaico Navarro, who played for Samsung in the past, and the runner advanced to second base. Navarro then advanced to first base due to a shortstop error, and faced a crisis with runners on the first and third bases with one out.
Rodgers struck out Franmil Reyes, who had 108 home runs in the major leagues, and blocked first baseman Navarro’s steal of second base, preventing the crisis without losing a point.
He finished the inning with three batters in the second inning with a 1-0 lead. He grounded out to the third base and got a hit to right. He finished the inning with a double play on the second base with one out and runners on the first base.
It was in crisis again in the third inning. He had a hit to the left by the leadoff batter, but had one out by a fly ball to the second base. He also allowed a hit to the left, putting the batter in danger with one out and runners on the first and second bases. The catcher’s groundout made two outs and runners on the second and third bases, and put Navarro through the crisis with a fly ball to the right fielder.
He neatly finished the fourth inning with three outs and three outs. He struck out, grounded out to third base, and grounded out to shortstop. He had a hit to center field with one out in the fifth inning, but had two outs by a fly ball to right field. He allowed a hit to center field with two outs and was in crisis, but he blocked the fifth inning without allowing any run due to strikeout.
In the top of the sixth inning, Estrellas Orientales added two more runs to make it 3-0, and Rodgers was replaced by a bullpen pitcher in the bottom of the sixth inning.
Rodgers allowed five hits, five strikeouts and one run in five innings against Del Escoichado on Dec. 31, the first game of the semifinal series. He has one win and one unbeaten 0.90 ERA in two games of the semifinal series.
Rodgers played for Toros del Este in the Dominican Winter League regular season, going 3-3 with a 3.31 ERA in 10 games (49 innings) and playing for Estrelas Orientales in the semifinal series.
Rogers became a sensation when he joined Hanwha as an alternative foreign pitcher in the second half of 2015. Hanwha, led by manager Kim Sung-keun, was fiercely competing to advance to the postseason.
Rodgers made his KBO League debut against LG on Aug. 6, 2015, and garnered three hits, seven strikeouts, and one run in nine innings (116 pitches). He completely pitched in his debut as a foreign pitcher for the first time in the KBO League. He then pitched in nine innings (108 pitches) against KT on Aug. 11, allowing three hits, seven strikeouts and seven shutouts. His second consecutive complete game since his debut is the first in the KBO. Rodgers had six wins, two losses and an earned run average of 2.97 in 10 games. He has displayed “power and strength” in his three shutouts.
Rodgers renewed his contract with Hanwha and was released due to injury after recording two wins, three losses and an ERA of 4.30 in six games in 2016. He later returned to the KBO League by signing with Nexen in 2018, and was released due to bad injury with five wins, four losses and an ERA of 3.80 in 13 games.