Toyota Motor's 20-year-old pitcher Noritomo Goto, who was nominated for the Japan national team at the Tokyo Olympics in various softball Japan leagues, made a complete game against a strong team with two goals, but became a losing pitcher.
The 15 players who have been nominated for the softball Tokyo Olympics Japan National Team will participate in the national team training camp that will start in the middle of next month after repeated actual battles with the teams of the Japan League to which they belong.
On the 25th, the Japan League match was held at three locations nationwide, and at the stadium in Toyota City, Aichi Prefecture, Bic Camera, to which seven players who were nominated as representatives of Japan belong, and Toyota Motor, which four players play, played against each other.
Toyota Motor started pitcher Goto, who became a representative member at the youngest age of 20.
Pitcher Goto, who has a fastball of over 110km, was hit by a solo home run by the leading batter of this time twice, but after that he threw a powerful ball into the course and hit no hits up to 6 innings. I suppressed it to.
Then, in the 7th inning with a tie, the first batter also hit a three-base and invited a pinch, and after one out, gave a winning point between the infield grounders.
Pitcher Goto pitched well in the 7th inning with 3 hits and 2 runs, but became a losing pitcher.
Pitcher Goto said, "I knew that there was a high risk of getting a point if I put out the first batter, but I thought that I was lacking in doing that. I have to improve myself more for the Olympics. "Don't do it," he said.