Yakult Draft 1st place Okukawa 4th strikeout on the first sheet hitting pitch 12th June 17:22
Kyokonobu Okugawa, the first-ranked rookie draft of professional baseball/Yakult, pitched for the first time after joining the pro for batting practice assuming a real battle, and he played against 11 batters and took four strikeouts.
Pitcher Okugawa spent two camps in the camp because of a slight inflammation of his right elbow, but he was increasing the pace of adjustment, and on the 12th he pitched for the first time in seat batting in a stadium in Toda City, Saitama Prefecture, assuming a real battle.
Among them, five years ago, in the match with the leading batter, Shingo Kawabata, in the first bat he struck the second straight with the fastest 153 km on the 12th, and in the third bat he struck out with a 140 kg fork ball. We took 3 hits and no hits.
Pitcher Okukawa threw 34 pitches to 11 batters, including four strikeouts, while also using quick motion saying "I was conscious of the match", robbed four strikeouts, and hit only one hit.
Okukawa said, "I can do what I've been doing little by little. I'll do what I need to do without impatiently, and practice hard so that I can achieve the goal of winning the first army mound in the first year. I want to do my best."
"The sharpness of the ball is getting more polished. I'm really looking forward to how to get over each wall in front of me," said Takahiro Ikeyama, the army's shoulder and elbow condition. As I watched, I showed the idea that I would like to have two army pitches during this month.
Kawabata who fought...
Shingo Kawabata, who had a three-hit no-hit against the Okugawa pitcher, said, “I didn't feel like a pitcher's ball in my first year of high school graduation. I was coming straight and the fork I drove last was very good. I thought that it was a fork and shaken it. At that height, the batter shakes when I come to the course. It was fun after a long time."