Professional baseball pitcher Roki Sasaki started in 10 days in the Seibu match held at ZOZO Marine Stadium in Chiba City on the 22nd, pitching well with no runs in the 7th inning and winning the 6th victory for the first time in about a month. I did.
So far this season, pitcher Sasaki has started 11 games, with 5 wins and 1 loss, an ERA of 1.70, and has taken 105 strikeouts at the top of the 12 teams.
He pitched well in the last game against DeNA in the 8th inning, but he wasn't blessed with the support of the batting line and hadn't got a winning star for about a month.
After pitching, the leaders were deregistered as players of the 1st Army in consideration of fatigue, and on the 22nd, they started the Seibu battle at their home base on the 10th.
Pitcher Sasaki was hit by Sosuke Genda in front of the center in the first inning, but after that, he took four consecutive strikeouts in the second inning, making it a combination of straight and forkball in the 160-kilometer range. Occasionally, with changing balls such as curves and sliders, it does not give a chance to hit the Seibu line.
Sasaki threw 7 times and 96 balls.
He scored three hits and nine strikeouts and was a good thrower with no runs, winning his sixth win in about a month since the game against Softbank on the 20th of last month.
After the match, pitcher Sasaki said, "I had a good rest, so I was in good condition and threw a good ball. Recently, the slider has been decided in a good place and the accuracy has improved, so pitching again. I will do my best so that I can throw good pitches next time. "
In the match, Lotte beat Seibu 2-1 with Hisanori Yasuda's timely two-base.