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The year-old Darvish struck out six, while allowing five hits and four walks before making an early exit from the series opener at Dodger Stadium with the Padres trailing Victor Caratini's infield single in the 10th inning off Dominic Leone allowed San Diego to avoid being swept by the Giants.

Darvish said he was disappointed Shohei Ohtani — the Angels' regular designated hitter and the MLB home run leader — sat out the game. Both pitchers are All-Star Game picks, but Darvish is among the list of players who will not take part in He recorded his first complete game win on August 6 against the Lions and his first complete game shutout on September 18, holding the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles to just two hits and becoming only the 14th pitcher in NPB history to throw a complete game shutout as a rookie out of high school.

Darvish was chosen to take the hill for the first game of each of the Pacific League playoffs , Japan Series , and the Asia Series played between the champions of Japan, China , Taiwan , and South Korea at the end of the season. Darvish, then 20 years old, became the first pitcher to start a Japan Series game since while under the age of 21, and only the fifth pitcher in NPB history to win a Japan Series game at that age with his win in Game 5 of the series.

He struck out 14 over nine innings in a no-decision in his second start against the Lions on March 30 the game ended a tie in extra innings and 14 again in a complete game win in his next start against the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks on April 7, becoming only the second pitcher in Japanese professional baseball history to strike out 14 or more batters in two consecutive starts.

Darvish went on to post a record with a 1. Darvish took the mound in Game 1 of the Japan Series that followed on October 27 against the Dragons for the second straight year, pitching a strikeout, complete game win in an intense pitchers' duel with then-Dragons ace Kenshin Kawakami currently with the Atlanta Braves and becoming only the third pitcher in Japan Series history to strike out 13 or more batters in a single game.

However, the Fighters had no answer for opposing right-hander Daisuke Yamai and closer Hitoki Iwase , failing to get a single man on base and allowing the first perfect game in Japan Series history.

However, the game was not an official perfect game according to NPB regulations, which state that a perfect game must be thrown by a single pitcher. The Dragons won the game , charging Darvish with the loss and becoming Japan Series champions. Darvish was presented with both his first career Eiji Sawamura Award [20] being the first to meet or exceed guidelines for the award in all seven categories in 14 years and his first Most Valuable Player award following the season. He also won the Golden Glove and Best Nine awards that year.

On August 9, , Darvish acknowledged reports of a relationship with the Japanese actress Saeko in a post-game interview. He also announced that they were planning to get married, and that Saeko was pregnant with their first child. The couple married in November , in what Japanese tabloids reported was a shotgun wedding , and welcomed their first child on March 25, Darvish made his national team debut in the Asian Baseball Championship which also functioned as the Asian qualifying tournament for the Beijing Olympics against Chinese Taipei on December 3, Because Japanese law requires that a person holding dual citizenship choose a single nationality before their twenty-second birthday, Darvish had chosen to retain his Japanese citizenship so that he could play for the national team in the Olympics.

On December 22, Darvish re-signed with the Nippon Ham Fighters for million yen plus payment at piece rates, up million yen from At 21 years old, Darvish became the youngest player in Japanese baseball history to reach the million yen mark. Even as his team struggled in the opening months of the season, Darvish continued to rack up wins at a pace that exceeded his own in the previous season. On April 10, in their only match-up of the season, neither gave up a single hit through the first five innings.

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Scout on Yu Darvish: Cubs must get him to pitch aggressively ». Latest Chicago Cubs. Pitched at least 6. ARI and St. Louis' Michael Wacha Sept. WSH also lost no hitters with 2 outs in the 9th in Tossed 5. Has 6 children: 5 sons and 1 daughter Was drafted by the Fighters in the first round on November 17, and signed on December The Space 11 Darvish Museum, which contains over SUMMAR Despite making just 22 starts and missing the last 7 weeks of the season due to right elbow inflammation, Darvish was selected Rangers Pitcher of the Year for a 2nd straight season All-Star team by virtue of winning the final man voting with over 7.

Wilson 11 in DET, fewest contests ever for a Ranger Recorded or-more strikeouts 8 times, the most in the majors in and matching Nolan Ryan in for the 2nd-most in club history behind Ryan's 18 in Dickey , trailing only Detroit's Max Scherzer in both categories NYY 8. Hokkaido finished 4th in the PL and did not make the postseason. Yomiuri at Sapporo Dome 6. Hokkaido won the Pacific League, giving them a first-round bye, and Darvish did not pitch in the "season stage" against Tohoku WBC: Went , 2.

China at Tokyo Dome, a win 4. South Korea, but his club still advanced