Professional baseball Hiroshima played the first foreign game with Lotte in the campsite of Okinawa City, and starting pitcher Atsushi Endoh talked about the harvest and challenges for starting rotation with the content of 1 goal in 3 innings.
In Hiroshima, the match with Hanshin on the 14th was canceled due to rain, and the match with Lotte on the 16th was the first external match.
Starting pitcher Endo, who is in his fourth year, has defended the starting rotation throughout the season and has won five wins, aiming to enter the opening rotation.
In the 2nd inning, Lotte's 4th batter, Hisanori Yasuda, took a sharp strikeout with a sharp straight, but the next batter carried a sweet straight to the stand.
After that, although he gave a runner, he held down the key points and threw three times without giving any additional points, and the content was two hits including a home run, two strikeouts, and one goal.
Pitcher Endo said, "I'm glad I got a straight and missed shot, but I should reflect on the fact that I couldn't get a strike with a changing ball. I was thrown while thinking about how to suppress it, so I grew up from last year. I think I'm doing it, "he said.
In addition, in the fielder, rookie Masaya Yano, who joined the team in 6th place in the draft from Asia University, started in the 8th short and hit in front of the center in the first at bat, and also attacked and defended lightly in defense. Was active in.
Yano said, "I'm glad I was able to move more than I expected, but I want to regret that I couldn't hit the ball that was the first strike in all three at-bats and was easily driven."