Despite only throwing fastballs and sliders, Tatsuya Imai struggled mightily on Tuesday night. The NPB superstar has historically struggled with his command, and his return start was no different. During the game, Houston Astros beat writer from The Athletic , Chandler Rome, reported on X (formerly Twitter) that Imai was hesitant to throw his changeup and splitter, due to the belief that it led to his faulty command. Well, that was thrown out the window on Tuesday. Out of his 80 pitches, 50 were four-seam fastballs, while the remaining 30 were sliders. This duo accounted for four nine whiffs, but became repetitive and predictable quickly. Imai threw just 46 of his 80 pitches for strikes, walked three batters, and hit two more. Overall, he allowed six runs on five hits, two homers, and struck out three over four innings of work. His first three innings of work weren't horrendous, but Imai fell off the rails in the fourth. He opened the inning by hitting Randy Arozarena and Luke Raley, both on sliders.…