Lotte's pitcher Roki Sasaki, who achieved a perfect game in April, was selected for the first time in the Pacific League starting pitcher category after the results of a fan vote for a professional baseball all-star game to be held later this month.

The top votes in both leagues are Seibu Yamakawa Hotaka

The first round of this year's All-Star Game will be held at the PayPay Dome in Fukuoka City on the 26th of this month, and the second round will be held at the Bocchan Stadium in Matsuyama City on the 27th.



The result of the fan vote was announced on the 6th, and Lotte's pitcher Sasaki collected 300,4034 votes as the starting pitcher of the Pacific League and was selected for the first time in the third year.



20-year-old pitcher Sasaki achieved the youngest perfect game in history against Orix in April.

He has won six wins so far this season, with an ERA of 1.48 and second place in the league, with 124 strikeouts and the top of the 12 teams.



In addition, Lotte's first-year high school rookie, Ko Matsukawa, who has teamed up with pitcher Sasaki, also collected 341,160 votes in the Pacific League catcher category and was selected for the first time.



In addition, Seibu's No. 4 Hotaka Yamakawa was the top player in both leagues, and was selected for the fourth time with 461,740 votes in the first division of the Pacific League.



On the other hand, in the Central League, Yakult's Munetaka Murakami, who has hit 29 home runs, the most in the 12 teams, has collected 400,000 votes at the top of the league and is the third election in the third category.



In the closer division of the pitcher, a large number of giant rookie pitchers, who have made 24 saves at the top of both leagues, collected 305,831 votes and were selected for the first time.

Results of fan voting [Central League]

The starting pitcher is Koyo Aoyagi, a pitcher from Hanshin Tigers, who has been selected for the first time in a fan vote and for the third time in total.


For the first time, pitcher Atsuki Yuasa of Hanshin Tigers was selected as the middle reliever, and giant rookie and many pitchers were selected as the closers.


The catcher was selected by Takuya Kinoshita of Chunichi for the first time in a fan vote and for the second time in total.


In the first, giant Sho Nakata was selected for the 8th time in the fan voting, and the 9th time in total.


Shugo Maki of DeNA was selected for the second time for the first time.


Yakult's Munetaka Murakami, who collected the top votes in the league, was selected for the third time.


The short is the 9th election by giant Hayato Sakamoto in the fan vote, and the 13th election in total.


Teruaki Sato of Hanshin was selected for the second time as an outfielder.

Yasutaka Shiomi of Yakult was elected for the first time.

Koji Chikamoto of Hanshin has been elected for the third time.

A maximum of four people are selected from Hanshin.


(Hereafter, the number before the name is the ranking of votes. ★ mark is the elected player.)



▽ Starting pitcher


★ 1 Akihiro Aoyagi Hanshin 228,394 votes


2 Nobuhito Morishita Hiroshima 166,223 votes


3 Tomoyuki Kanno Giant 122,486 votes


4 Shota Imanaga DeNA 88,138 votes


5 Yudai Ohno Chunichi 82,317 votes


6 Keiji Takahashi Yakult 74,258 votes


7 Yuya Yanagi 55,985 votes


8 Ryo Ose Chunichi Hiroshima 33,112 votes


9 Yasuhiro Ogawa Yakult 28,677 votes


10 Yuki Nishi Hanshin 27,372 votes




1 Atsuki Yuasa Hanshin 278,348 votes


2 Noboru Shimizu Yakult 196,303 votes


3 Y. Rodriguez Chunichi 123,436 votes

4


Nobutaka Imamura Giants 90,941 votes


5 Kazuki Mishima DeNA 65,124



votes

Votes

3 Yu Iwasaki Hanshin 145,034 votes

4 S. McGuff Yakult 140,322 votes

5

Yasuaki

Yamazaki DeNA 116,715 votes

▽ Catcher

★ 1 Takuya Kinoshita Chunichi 215,564 votes

2 Ryutaro Umeno Hanshin 214,639 votes

3 Yuhei Nakamura 147

Tsubasa Hiroshima 98,946 votes

▽ First

★ 1 Sho Nakata Giants 300,724 votes

2 R. McBloom Hiroshima 224,794 votes

3 D. Visied Chunichi 155,899 votes

4 N. Soto DeNA 114,309 votes

5 J. Osna Yakult 112,553 votes

▽ Second

★ 1 Shugo Maki DeNA 265,093 votes

2 Tetsuto Yamada Yakult 237,376 votes

3 Naoki Yoshikawa Giants 197,185 votes


























4 Ryosuke Kikuchi Hiroshima 164,202 votes

5


Kento Itohara Hanshin 112,400 votes



▽ Third


★ 1 Munetaka Murakami Yakult 400,097 votes


2 Kazuma Okamoto Giant 220,229 votes

3


Yusuke Oyama Hanshin 156,721 votes


4 Shogo Sakakura

★ 1 Hayato Sakamoto Giant 306,787 votes

2 Takumu Nakano Hanshin 301,145 votes

3 Hideki Nagaoka Yakult 139,407 votes

4 Kaito Kozono Hiroshima 132,175 votes

5 Yamato DeNA 65,304 votes

∇ Outfielder

★ 1 Teruaki Sato Hanshin 394,138 votes

2 Yakult Shiomi 389 votes

3 Koji Chikamoto Hanshin 282,825 votes

4 Yoshihiro Maru Giant 263,421 votes

5 Keita Sano DeNA 216,124 votes

6 Yohei Oshima Chunichi 208,467 votes

7 Ryoma Nishikawa Hiroshima 193,081 votes

8 Yoshio Itoi Hanshin 188,769 votes

9

Yakult Aoki 137

124,388 votes





















Results of fan voting [Pacific League]

For the pitcher, pitcher Roki Sasaki, who started the game in the third year of Lotte and achieved a perfect game in April, was selected for the first time.


Softbank pitcher Katsuki Matayoshi was selected for the first time in a fan vote and for the third time in total.

Rakuten's pitcher Yuki Matsui has been selected for the fifth time.


The catcher was selected for the first time by rookie Ko Matsukawa, who teams up with pitcher Sasaki at Lotte.


Seibu's Hotaka Yamakawa, who collected the top votes in both leagues, was selected for the first time for the fourth time.


In the second, Rakuten's Hideto Asamura was selected for the 8th time in the fan vote and the 9th time in total.


Yuki Nomura of Nippon-Ham was selected for the third time for the first time.

Kenta Imamiya of Softbank is the sixth election for the short.


Yuki Yanagita of Softbank was selected as the outfielder for the 7th time in the fan vote and the 8th time in total.

Orix's Masataka Yoshida was selected for the fourth time, and Nippon-Ham's Go Matsumoto was selected for the first time.

Lotte's Laird is the third designated hitter in the fan vote, and the fifth in total.


(Hereafter, the number before the name is the ranking of votes. ★ mark is the elected player.)



▽ Starting pitcher


★ 1 Aki Sasaki Lotte 304,034


2 Yoshinobu Yamamoto Orix 251,825


3 Kodai Chiga Softbank 77,920


4 Giant Higashihama Softbank 73,711


5 Ito Oumi Nippon-Ham

51,172


6 Masahiro Tanaka Rakuten 46,098


7 Naoyuki Uesawa Nippon-Ham 44,354


8 Chiichiro Sumita Seibu 42,234


9 Daiya Miyagi Orix 37,736


10 Mitsunari Takahashi Seibu 35,516



▽ Intermediary pitcher


★ 1 Katsuki Matayoshi Softbank 314,455


2 Kaiba Taira Seibu 313,344


3 Mizuki Hori Nihonham 83,938


4 Tomohiro Anga Rakuten 55,892


5 Mikitaka Higa Orix 54,887



Suppression pitcher


★ 1 Hiroki Matsui


Kaju Orix 181,887


3 Wataru Kitayama Nihonham 178,885


4 Tatsuji Masuda Seibu 114,154

5


Naoya Masuda Lotte 113,433



▽ Catcher


★ 1 Torao Matsukawa Lotte 341,160


2 Takuya Kai Softbank 234,196


3 Tomoya Mori


137


Ya Orix 37,579



▽ First


★ 1 Hotaka Yamakawa Seibu 461,740


2 Kotaro Kiyomiya Nihonham 168,305


3 Akira Nakamura Softbank 156,172

4


Toshiya Sato Lotte 97,807


5 Daichi Suzuki Rakuten 41,385



▽ Second


★ 1 Eito Asamura



3 Shogo Nakamura Lotte 139,911


4 Shuta Tonosaki Seibu 116,263


5 A. Alcantara Nippon-Ham 90,386



▽ Third


★ 1 Yuki Nomura Nippon-Ham 288,635


2 Yuma Souma Orix 259,551


3 Nobuhiro Matsuda Softbank 212,901


4 Takeya Nakamura


497



▽ Short


★ 1 Kenta Imamiya Softbank 376,642


2 Sosuke Genda Seibu 191,552


3 Kotaro Kurebayashi Orix 128,080


4 Kazushige Ishii Nippon-Ham 77,818


5 Yudai Fujioka Lotte 69,996



▽ Outfielder


★ 1 Yuki Yanagida Softbank 457,217


2 Masahisa Yoshida


Takeya Matsumoto Nippon-Ham 328,967


4 Haruki Nishikawa Rakuten 209,237


5 Yutaro Sugimoto Orix 191,328


6 Shuhei Fukuda Orix 138,412


7 Taisei Makihara Softbank 121,479

8 Eito Takabe

Lotte


117,843


9 Kyodai Fujiwara Lotte 117,





★ 1 B. Rhead Lotte 272,772


2 Y. Glacial Softbank 209,804


3 Takumi Kuriyama Seibu 166,294


4 T-Okada Orix 114,814


5 J. Marmorehos Rakuten 38,792

[Central League player discourse, etc.]

▽ Hanshin Aoyagi Akihiro (starting pitcher)


"I was recommended by the director for the past two appearances, but I'm really happy to be ranked first in the fan vote this time.


" I want to beat it with a goro and throw it so that there is a showcase for the fielder. "



▽ Hanshin Yuasa Kyomi (middle reliever pitcher)


" I have been rehabilitating for a long time, so I thank all the people who took care of me, including my parents and trainers, and called it an all-star. I want to enjoy being thrown on the stage. "



▽ A lot of giants (pitchers)


" I have a goal to be a player who attracts baseball fans, so I'm glad that the fans evaluated me.


" I have the impression that it is a game of power. I want to make people who are watching in a straight ball game exciting. "



▽ Takuya Kinoshita (Catcher)


" Because I was able to become an all-star in a fan vote, the fans who voted I'm just grateful to all the people. I want to have two days that I'm glad I put in Kinoshita not only for the Dragons fans but also for the fans who voted for me. "



▽ Giants Sho Nakata (First)


" This I am really grateful to all the fans for choosing the number of games played, despite this result. I want to play like myself because it will be an all-star game for the first time in a long time. "



▽ Yakult Munetaka Murakami (Third)


400,000, the most in the Central League Regarding collecting too many votes, "I'm really happy and I want to play with the awareness that many fans are supporting me."


"I want to make fans enjoy it, and I want to do my best to play. I want to show a full swing at bat."



▽ Giant Hayato Sakamoto (Short)


"There was a time when I was not in the 1st army due to injury, but fan voting I



'm

glad to be able to participate in the game. I'd like to do my best so that the fans who voted can see a good play.


" So, I want to do my best to repel the fast ball and reach the stand. ”



▽ Yakult Yasutaka Shiomi (Outfielder)


“ It is an honor and a pleasure to have you choose to stand on the stage of an all-star. I want to do my best so that I can play my own game by putting it in the foreground. ”



▽ Hanshin Tigers Koji Chikamoto (Outfielder)


Raised pitcher Sasaki as a pitcher who wanted to play,“ It was amazing to play in an exchange game. If I have a chance to play, I want to aim for a straight. "

[Pacific League player discourse, etc.]

▽ Lotte Roki Sasaki (starting pitcher)


"I'm honored to have you choose. I really feel like myself."


About the crushing of the middle finger of the right hand in the game on the 1st of this month "Because the blister is recovering smoothly



▽ Softbank Katsuki Matayoshi (relief pitcher)

"

I


'm very happy. I want to enjoy pitching so that I can respond to the evaluation.

"

"I hit the longest home run in my life in the exchange game in May, so I want to take a swing with a changing ball this time."

▽ Lotte Matsukawa Torao (Catcher)

"I am very honored to have you choose. I have a lot to learn by assembling a battery with Mr. Nozomi. I am really grateful that Mr. Roki was selected by a fan vote. ”

▽ Seibu Yamakawa Hotaka (First)

“ This time

I had a strong desire to be selected. I'm honestly happy. "

" I'll do my best to get better results by the time of the all-star, and the all-star will be refreshing for me. I want to go for it because I think it's good. "

▽ Rakuten Asamura Eito (second)

" I think it's an all-star that you can always enter the same bench as the players who fight as enemies and enjoy baseball purely without pressure unlike the season. I want to show you a play that you can enjoy. "

▽ Nippon Ham Yuki Nomura (Third)

















"I couldn't imagine it at first, so I'm very honored to have it selected by fan voting. I want to do my best to show a good appearance. I want to show the appearance and swing of the at-bats that fans can expect with excitement.



▽ Softbank Kenta Imamiya (Short)

"


I want to show a good play. I want to hit a home run."



▽ Softbank Yuki Yanagita (Outfielder)


"I am very honored to receive many votes. I think it will be, so I want to enjoy it. I will do my best for the fans. "



▽ ORIX Masahisa Yoshida (outfielder)


" The first half of the game is a satisfying number, or there are injuries, so I can't play in the game, so I voted. I'm just grateful to the fans who gave me this. The atmosphere of the All-Star is different from the usual game, and I hope I can show you a play that everyone can enjoy. "



▽ Nippon Ham Matsumoto Tsuyoshi (Outfielder)


" No way to choose .

I didn't expect to be able to do it. When it was decided, I was full of joy. I want to do my best to play in my own way for the fans who chose it. "



▽ Lotte Rhead (nominated hitter)


" Pitcher Sasaki and Matsukawa, 2 I'm very excited to be able to get out with people. I'd like to show you a blow that will please all the fans. "