In the second year of professional baseball Lotte, pitcher Roki Sasaki will start the interleague game with Hanshin on the 27th at Koshien Stadium.
He expressed his enthusiasm to the second professional mound, saying, "I want to do my best so that I can pitch better than last time."
Pitcher Sasaki, who has the fastest speed of 163km, pitched for the first time in the Seibu match on the 16th of this month and scored 4 goals in 5 innings.
On the 27th, pitcher Sasaki was announced to start the interleague game with Hanshin at the Koshien Stadium, and on the 26th, he adjusted the conditions with light adjustments such as catching balls on the ground.
After the practice was over, he said, "I have recovered to a level where I can play well. I have the impression that Hanshin has many power hitters, so I want to be careful about long hits while being conscious of control."
Pitcher Sasaki has never participated in Koshien 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 Iwate / Ofunato High School, and will go up to the mound for the first time.
When asked what kind of place Koshien was for him, he answered, "I don't know," but he expressed his enthusiasm for the match, saying, "I want to do my best to pitch better than last time while making use of my reflection from the last time."