Professional baseball player Akira Neo went up to the mound in the 9th inning in a short-running 2nd army match, threw at 5 batters and hit 3 hits, 1 goal and 1 strikeout. rice field.

Neo played an active part in throwing when he was in high school, but after becoming a professional player, he was his first dual wield throwing.

In his fourth year as a professional player, when he was in Osaka Toin High School, he mainly defended shorts and hit the center pole, and as a pitcher, he threw a fastball of nearly 150 kilometers and contributed greatly to Koshien's consecutive spring and summer championships.



After becoming a professional, he devoted himself to the fielder, and until last year he mainly kept shorts, but this season he turned to an outfielder during the camp, and since he was demoted to the 2nd army last month, he is looking for a chance to participate. I participated in a short game.



Neo started in the 2nd shortstop in the 2nd army match against Hanshin held at Koshien Stadium on the 8th, and left a record of 1 hit and 2 RBIs in 4 at bats as a batter.



Then, in the 9th inning, which led 10 to 4 and 6 points, he became the first professional mound as the fifth person.



After holding down the first batter to the third batter, Neo allowed three consecutive hits and lost one point, but when the fifth batter took a strikeout and got two outs, he gave up the mound to the relief. I'm on the short defense again.



Neo threw two-thirds of the innings as a pitcher, and allowed three hits, one strikeout, and one goal for five batters.



It is the first time for Neo to participate in the dual wield style of throwing after becoming a professional player through the 1st and 2nd armies.

Director Tatsunami "Don't be halfway"

Regarding the fact that Akira Neo made his first professional pitch in the game of the 2nd army, Tatsunami said, "I can't say anything because I haven't seen it, but I heard that he threw about 150km. There was something like that, but I think I made Uchino throw it for a change because he was trying again. "



He also said about the dual wield, "The dual wield has a good pitcher and a good batter. I want to do it so that it is not halfway."



Furthermore, when asked about the possibility of conversion when the result is obtained with the pitcher, "If you do your best and you can not hit it, there may be a possibility in the future, but now you can do batting firmly as a fielder. I hope I can get it, "he said calmly.