æz ʌvðə tˈuː θˈaʊzənd twˈɛnti tˈuː, hiː bɪkˌeɪm ðə lˈæst fˈɔːɹən pˈɪtʃɚ tə θɹˈoʊ ɐ nˈoʊ hˈɪɾɚɹ ɪn nˈɪpən pɹəfˈɛʃənəl bˈeɪsbɔːl ʌntˈɪl tˈuː θˈaʊzənd twˈɛnti tˈuː, wˌɛn kˈoʊdi pˈɑːns ʌvðə həkˈeɪdoʊ nˈɪpənhˈæm fˈaɪɾɚz dˈɪd sˌoʊ ɐɡˈɛnst ðə fjˌuːkjuːˈoʊkə sˈɔft bˈæŋk hˈɔːks ɔnðə twˈɛnti sˈɛvənθ ʌv ˈɔːɡəst.
As of the 2022, he became the last foreign pitcher to throw a no hitter in Nippon Professional Baseball until 2022, when Cody Ponce of the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters did so against the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks on the 27th of August.