In the second year of professional baseball Lotte, pitcher Roki Sasaki pitched for the first time in the official game in a farm team game, pitched two innings in the starting lineup, one hit, and no runs.
Pitcher Sasaki, who has the fastest speed of 163 km, made his debut in the open game on the 12th of last month and pitched in the practice game on the 23rd.
On the 2nd, he pitched for the first time in the official game, starting against the Yakult game of the Eastern League of the 2nd army held in Toda City, Saitama Prefecture.
Pitcher Sasaki hit the infield hit by No. 2 Tatsuo Takeoka after hitting the lead batter once.
After two outs, Takeoka failed to steal the base, and pitcher Sasaki held it down with three people this time.
In the second inning, the first batter was struck out with a straight of 152 kg, and the following batter was struck out with an infield grounder, and then the last batter was struck out with a 140 kg fastball.
Pitcher Sasaki threw 19 balls in two innings and took one hit, no runs, and two strikeouts.
The fastest straight was 153km, which was recorded at one time.
After the match, pitcher Sasaki said, "I'm glad I was able to keep it down without any runs, and I had three swings as I imagined, so my condition is getting better. Today, the ball was a little high, so I want to keep it a little lower and throw it." I was talking.