Lotte Aki Sasaki First pitch to hitter 157 km fastest March 24 17:24
The first-ranked rookie of professional baseball Lotte, Aki Sasaki, pitched against a batter for the first time since entering the pro, marking the fastest 157kg.
Sasaki pitched the batter for the first time as a batting pitcher in a practice held at the ZOZO Marine Stadium in Chiba on the 24th.
When the ball thrown in the pitching practice recorded 158 km on the display of the stadium, the teammates throbbed.
For two young batters, he pitched 25 balls straight and scored the fastest 157 kg in three balls, and more than half of them measured 150 kg or more.
The fifth draft rookie Mitsuteru Fukuda, who joined from Hosei University, had five hits in 13 swings and one hit on the left stand. did.
Sasaki, who was the first to throw at the home mound, said, "It was a lot of fun to be thrown by the batter opponent. I was able to throw while feeling the characteristics of the wind and the stadium. I want to be able to throw a good ball. I think it will be more practical in the future, so I want to raise my condition. "
Fukuda, who had competed, said, "The ball is angled and the rotation of the ball is beautiful, and I felt it higher than I had ever seen before." Sasaki will also be a batting pitcher on the 27th of this month, and next time he will throw a ball with a changing ball.