Lotte beat Rakuten 5-4 in the first leg of the first stage of the climax series of professional baseball and the Pacific League.
He showed the strength of the team that scored the top score in the league in the regular season.
In the 3rd inning, 3 players from No. 1 Takashi Ogino made a chance to bases loaded, and No. 4 Laird, the scoring source, caught the first strike and hit a timely hit to score 2 points.
Shogo Nakamura, who was still a third base runner, added points to the home with a shallow fly to the outfield of the batter.
Manager Tadahito Iguchi evaluated the players' play, saying, "Because the batting line is a short-term decisive battle, I was actively talking at the meeting today. I got one point firmly."
Although it was reversed once in the final stage, the competitive team caught up with the 8th inning, leading to a 9th goodbye win.
Sato, who hit a goodbye hit, was the last batter in the Rakuten match on October 27th.
If he loses this match, Orix's victory will be decided.
At this point, he struck out and Lotte's second place was confirmed.
It was also the moment when Sato continued to transfer the bat because he thought "I was really disappointed".
"I was really annoyed when I became the last batter in an unbeatable battle, but I thought I could make a contribution. It was a short period of time, but it may have worked," he recalled. ..
This season, Lotte's team slogan is "grab this one point."
It became a game development that symbolized it.