Professional baseball coach Tadahito Iguchi has revealed that he will start the next pitching of pitcher Roki Sasaki, who has pitched perfectly for two games in a row, in the 6th of the scheduled match against Orix on the 24th. bottom.
Pitcher Sasaki achieved the youngest perfect game in history against Orix on the 10th of this month, broke the professional baseball record with 13 consecutive strikeouts, and set the record for professional baseball with 19 strikeouts per game.
And even in the game against Nippon-Ham on the 17th of this month, he threw 8 times and showed perfect pitching with no hits, walks, 14 strikeouts, and currently he is not allowing any runners for 17 consecutive innings.
Director Iguchi said about pitcher Sasaki's future pitching, "I want to think about the next pitching as planned and see the next pitching for the subsequent pitching," and during the Orix match to be held at Kyocera Dome Osaka on the 24th. It was revealed that it will be started in the day.
On top of that, he said, "I'm telling Pitcher Sasaki that he should be able to keep the starting rotation for a year, and he knows that best." In, he revealed his idea to avoid pitching in the 6th day.