In the second year of professional baseball Lotte, pitcher Roki Sasaki started in the actual game for the first time in a practice game with DeNA, but control was not stable and he scored two goals in two innings.
Pitcher Sasaki, who has the fastest speed of 163 km, made his debut in the open game on March 12, and held down one time to a trio.
It was planned to start the open game with DeNA on the 21st, but it was canceled due to rain, and it went up to the mound for the first time in the practice game held instead of the 23rd.
In the first inning, Masayuki Kuwahara, the leading batter, was hit by a short ground ball at 152km of the first ball, showing excellent pitching with three people.
In the second inning, Keita Sano (4th) and Toshiro Miyazaki (5th) were beaten to the infield grounder to make 2 outs, and then they were hit on the 1st and 2nd bases in a row.
He gave the 8th catcher and the 9th pitcher a continuous walk and lost one point in the push.
In addition, the first ball thrown to No. 1 Kuwahara became a ball that the catcher could not catch, and the third base runner returned to the home and got the second point.
Pitcher Sasaki threw 40 balls in 2 innings, 2 hits, 2 runs with 2 foreballs, no strikeouts and the fastest was 154km.
Pitcher Sasaki said, "I think that being able to throw two innings is a harvest. I tried to throw with as few balls as possible, but I couldn't do that a little. I want to be able to throw it firmly. "
Lotte pitcher Roki Sasaki pitched 40 balls in 2 innings and scored 2 goals. It was a reflection that I couldn't do that a little. "
After that, he said about the pitching content, "I have to fix it firmly. I think that there are things that can not be fixed unless it is a match, so I want to try more and more in the match."
In the future, he said, "I think I have to throw five times as a starting pitcher, but if I have a lot of balls, I can't throw. I want to be able to pitch better before throwing in one army. "