Yakult Yasuo Okugawa lined up fastest in the 154km 2nd Army official game

Yakult Kyonobu Okugawa lined up for 154 km in the 2nd Army's fastest match on June 30, 19:17

In the official game of the 2nd army, the first-ranked rookie of professional baseball Yakult, Ryoki Okugawa, pitched 1 inning and took out 1 strikeout to keep the score unchanged.

Okugawa pitched on the 30th on the 2nd starting mound since the opening match on the 20th of the Eastern League against the Lotte match of the Eastern League at the baseball stadium of Toda City, Saitama Prefecture, which is home to the Yakult army.

First, Okugawa pitched against Kyodai Fujiwara, who also played as the high school Japan national team in the first place in the adult draft, and struck the second goal with a 145-kilometer forkball.

In the following match against the second batter, he marked the fastest 154km lined up on the fifth ball.

After that, it started to rain for about 10 minutes, but I stopped again, but I went up to the mound again and threw a straight from the full count into the in-course and missed the strikeout.

Then, the third batter also hit the foul fly to the catcher with a changing ball, keeping 1 inning without a run after the previous pitching.

Pitcher Okukawa said, "I didn't get the chance to get out of the changing ball today. I want to do my best to leave the results firmly in the 2nd army and set the stage in the 1st arm as soon as possible."

Also, Director Shingo Takatsu, who confirmed the video, said, "I thought that the control was outstanding. I want to see a lot more and more bad parts. I think it's okay to go to the next step." Next time He showed the idea of ​​increasing innings and the number of balls in the subsequent pitching.