At the camp of professional baseball Lotte in Ishigaki Island, Okinawa, pitcher Akiyoshi Suzuki, who was the first in the draft, served as a pitcher in batting practice for the first time, but he left a straight problem such as being hit over the fence.
Rookie Suzuki, who joined the team in 1st place in the draft from Hosei University, has a characteristic of a straight that exceeds 150 km with a left throw.
On the 8th, he was the first pitcher in free batting, and at the age of 20 in his third year, he threw 21 fastballs, including curves and forkballs, to right-handed Koki Yamaguchi.
Pitcher Suzuki announced the type of ball in advance and then threw it, and was caught straight and hit two hits over the fence.
On the other hand, I took two missed shots on that straight.
Pitcher Suzuki plans to pitch in the red and white game on the 11th of this month. "It's been a while since I threw it at the batter, but I found some good points and problems. I want to fix it because the straight was hit by a ball. Then, I want to throw the bullish straightness that is my characteristic firmly. "
In addition, pitcher Kawamura, who joined Seisa Dohto University in 4th place in the draft, threw 22 balls against the 4th candidate Hisanori Yasuda and swung with a forkball with a head that made use of his height of 1 meter 92 cm. Robbed.
Pitcher Kawamura said, "I think the straight was powerful to some extent because of the foul. The forkball had a head, so I was confident. I think that the game will come in, so I will study how well it will work. I want to. "