Padres manager Mike Shildt supports left-handed reliever Yuki Matsui through a rough patch in his rookie season.
Yuki Matsui's MLB debut season could be going better. In 26.1 innings, the 28-year-old left-handed reliever from Japan has a 4.78 ERA with 17 walks to 22 strikeouts.
In the following 18 appearances, Matsui has only worked a clean inning four times, one of which came Friday night against the Arizona Diamondbacks. As mentioned above, he did manage to pitch a clean inning, no walks or hits, Friday in a 10-3 victory. Padres manager Mike Shildt called upon Matsui in the ninth to finish the game, and Matsui rewarded his manager.
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