The Japan National Baseball Team of the Tokyo Olympics will adjust for the second round of the qualifying league with Mexico on the 31st, and starting pitcher Masato Morishita is enthusiastic that he wants to take the momentum of the team and believe in his own ball. I talked about.
In Olympic baseball, six participating teams will be divided into two groups to compete in the qualifying league, and all teams will advance to the final tournament, but if they pass the group in first place, they will avoid consecutive battles and the quarterfinals on August 2nd. You can proceed to.
Group A Japan will beat the Dominican Republic 4-3 in the first round of the qualifying league in Fukushima City on the 28th, and will face Mexico in the second round with the aim of passing 1st place on the 31st.
On the 30th, we practiced privately for about 2 hours at the indoor practice field of the 2 military facilities of DeNA, a professional baseball team in Yokosuka City, Kanagawa Prefecture.
Director Atsunori Inaba responded to an interview online after the practice and announced that he will start pitcher Morishita in his second year as a professional in Hiroshima on the 31st.
Pitcher Morishita won 10 wins last season in his first year as a pro with pitching that interweaves curves and change-ups that break vertically over 150 kilometers, and his ERA is 1.91, which is second in the league, and he is a rookie of the year. In the first half of this season, he won 6 wins and his ERA is 2.29, which is the 2nd place in the league.
Pitcher Morishita said, "I have a good win in the first match and the team is gaining momentum, so I want to ride on it. I have a long hit in Mexico, but I want to throw it for as long as one inning without being afraid to believe in my ball. I was talking.
Inaba said about pitcher Morishita, "I'm throwing a very strong ball and I'm hoping that it will hold down the Mexican batting line because I can use it well."