Softbank pitcher Tsuyoshi Wada, who is the last Matsuzaka generation in professional baseball, became the winning pitcher ahead of the Rakuten match on the 19th and reached 150 wins in Japan and the United States.
In his 20th year as a professional, 41-year-old pitcher Wada started the Rakuten match at the PayPay Dome in Fukuoka City on the 19th.
Pitcher Wada pitched the opponent with a good tempo centered on a straight straight, and threw 6 innings, hitting only one by a home run and making a good pitch.
The team won 4-1 and Pitcher Wada scored his second win of the season, reaching a total of 150 wins in Japan and the United States.
Pitcher Wada joined Daiei in 2003, won the title with the most wins in 2010, and became the MVP of the Pacific League = Most Valuable Player.
After playing in the major leagues for four years from 2012, he returned to Softbank and retired from Daisuke Matsuzaka last season, making him the last active player in the so-called "Matsuzaka Generation".
Tsuyoshi Wada, who has reached 150 wins in Japan and the United States, said, "I was relieved. I was thinking that I would definitely decide today, and I was only thinking about throwing my own pitch."
On top of that, regarding the future, "I didn't have to make any special preparations before, but as I got older, I sometimes got cramped during the game. I improved what I needed to improve and prepared for pitching. I think you can pitch if you do. "