In the second year of professional baseball Lotte, pitcher Roki Sasaki is expected to start the Hanshin Tigers match at Koshien Stadium on the 27th.
To the mound of Koshien for the first time
Pitcher Sasaki, who has the fastest speed of 163km, made his first professional pitch in the Seibu match on May 16th, and won and lost with 4 goals in the 5th inning.
The day after the pitching, he was not registered as a player in the 1st Army, but on the 27th, manager Tadahito Iguchi expressed his intention to start the Hanshin Tigers match at Koshien Stadium again.
Pitcher Sasaki continues to accompany the members of the 1st Army, and the pitcher is also practicing batting and bunting in anticipation of the interleague game at bat.
Director Iguchi said, "I think I got a response in the last time. I want you to do it well next time."
Ball number is that to the prospect of the previous 107 balls.
Pitcher Sasaki has never participated in the national tournament in his third year of high school, such as losing in the final of the summer national high school baseball Iwate tournament when he was in the third year of Ofunato High School, and this is his first time to step on the mound of Koshien.