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One of the best pitching prospects in
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baseball. Right-hander Travis Sakura.
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One-two. Quas swings through a high fast
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ball. Got time to chase the high cheese.
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And Sakura has his first strike out of
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the night. 02 on the outside corner and
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Hernandez goes down looking out a fast
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ball. A nasty slaughter by Sakora
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strikes him out. They're now two gone in
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the inning. 2-2. A half swing. He goes
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around as he got fooled on one. They ask
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on the bases and Reginald Webb confirms
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the swing and that's it for the
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Shorebirds. is the headliner right
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there. Mr. Travis Sakura, the number one
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prospect in the Nationals organization.
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The one-two swinging a miss. Sakora
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hunting another K. A one-two pitch.
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Swinging a miss. Sakora talked about how
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the walks irked him last week. No walk
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there. Strike three. He feels like he's
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primed for a huge 25. And he strikes
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out. Nadal swinging. Bazelle slaps the
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tag. How about four Ks in two perfect
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innings to start for Travis Sakura. in
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the 3-2 strike three. Seven hitters
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faced. Sakura has struck out five of
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them.
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Sakura 6' 6 in tall. He's just 21 years
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old in his second proseason. Third round
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pick of an ATS in 2023. Number 12 among
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pitchers according to MLB pipeline. Five
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straight strikeouts for Sakura in his
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high debut today. Six strikeouts looking
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for seven. 02. He's got it right there.
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Eight strikeouts for Travis Sakura. And
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his high debut is going smoothly. That's
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nine for the right-hander Sakura. 3-2 in
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there. Strike three called. Payoff pitch
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on the way on the outside corner. Strike
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three called. Second strike out for
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Travis Sakura. In there, strike three
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called at the knee is a 95 mph. Travis
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Sakura continues his dominance. His
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sixth punch out in three and two/3
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innings.
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Sakora deals the one two. It's swung on
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and miss. Sakura deals the one two. It's
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swung on and miss.
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Over an easy strike.
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The one two taken strike three. And on
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May 31st, he struck out six as he
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strikes out Barrow there. The onetwo
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from Taikora. Swung on and missed.
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People within the Nationals organization
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as he delivers the 2-2 and it's an all
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speed pitch. Low in the zone. Swung on a
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miss by Euing. Marcato at second. No one
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holding him on the 2-2 from Sakura. Call
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three on the outside corner.
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One-two pitch. Swing and a miss. One,
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two, swing and a miss. Swing and a miss.
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That is four strikeouts through four
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batters. Swing and a miss. 02 to Cook.
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Swing and a miss. Strike three. Two-2.
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And it's strikeout number seven. One two
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home. Swing and a miss. Got him
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swinging. Oh boy. Coming home. Got him
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swinging. And it's a 10th strikeout of
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the night. Five scoreless from the
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Nationals top prospect Travis Sakura.
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And Sakura a strikeout master if you
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will. Well, here's the one-two to Yanik.
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Swung on and missed. Strike three. After
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all those fast balls, he goes to the off
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speed. The 2-2 in there for a called
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strike three. Breaking pitch. The 2-2.
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Swing and a miss. Strike three.
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Nicely done
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on the outside corner. A called strike
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three. Here's the 2- two. Swing and a
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miss. Strike three. Here's the one-two
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pitch and it's in there. A called strike
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three. Strikeout number seven for Travis
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Sakura. One out here in the sixth. kicks
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and deals. This one cut on and missed
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upstairs. This one a called strike
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three. Two-2. He goes back to the slider
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and gets a swing and miss. Sakora
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revving it up on the radar gun. The
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one-two a called strike three. Backto
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back strikeouts. That one a splitter.
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Cut on and missed. Two two on the way
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from Sakora. Cut on and missed. A fast
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ball up and in.
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First professional year he fanned 40% of
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the hitters. This year it's 53%. Swing
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and a miss and he got Bergos. Big first
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double A strike now. Swing and a miss.
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He got him on a fast ball. Breaking ball
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of PewDie called. Strike three. One,
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two, swing and a miss. Outside corner
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the O2. Swing and a miss. He got him on
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a fast ball. Sixth on the day for
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Sakort.
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