Official Site of the Diamondbacks · Sep 12, 2018
Hirano slams door as D-backs trim Rox's lead
Hirano records the save DENVER -- As he was handed the ball from D-backs manager Torey Lovullo, right-hander Yoshihisa Hirano took in the situation -- runners on first and third, no one out and the D-backs clinging to a three-run lead in the ninth inning.
Lovullo marveled at Hirano's composure. Meanwhile, fellow reliever Brad Ziegler, who had worked out of a bases-loaded jam in the seventh, noticed Hirano looked like many Japanese pitchers on the big stage.
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"They're always in control on the mound at all times," Ziegler said. "There may be chaos going on around them, but they're always in control of their emotions."
If only they knew what was going on inside Hirano.