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Star pistillate pitcher Ayami Sato made past arsenic the archetypal pistillate to play successful a Canadian men's nonrecreational shot league connected Sunday. Sato struck retired 1 batter without allowing anyone connected basal successful the archetypal 2 innings of an eventual 6-5 nonaccomplishment to the Kitchener Panthers.
35-year-old prima pitcher records 1 strikeout successful 2 cleanable innings of IBL debut
The Canadian Press
· Posted: May 11, 2025 7:27 PM EDT | Last Updated: 3 minutes ago
Star pistillate pitcher Ayami Sato made past arsenic the archetypal pistillate to play successful a Canadian men's nonrecreational shot league connected Sunday.
Sato struck retired 1 batter without allowing anyone connected basal successful the archetypal 2 innings of an eventual 6-5 nonaccomplishment to the Kitchener Panthers.
Fans astatine Dominico Field successful Christie Pits welcomed Sato with large applause erstwhile the nationalist code announcer introduced her successful the starting lineup for Toronto's location opener.
Ayami Sato comes retired of the crippled aft 2 cleanable innings of enactment for the <a href="https://twitter.com/IBLMapleLeafs?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@IBLMapleLeafs</a>. <a href="https://t.co/r5QG5josVW">pic.twitter.com/r5QG5josVW</a>
—@IBLInsidePitchWidely considered the apical pistillate pitcher successful baseball, the 35-year-old from Japan signed with the Maple Leafs successful December to go the IBL's archetypal pistillate player.
She pitched successful the Japan Women's Baseball League from 2013 until it suspended operations successful 2021, starring the league successful strikeouts successful 3 of its past 4 seasons.
Toronto finished seventh successful the IBL past play with a 17-25 record.
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