The second round of the professional baseball All-Star game was held at Bocchan Stadium in Matsuyama City, and All Pacific won the All Central 2 to 1 win in a row.
Round 2 started with Hiroki Tokoda, pitcher Hiroki Tokoda of Hiroshima, and Roki Sasaki, pitcher of Lotte, all Pacific.
All Central attacked the rise of pitcher Sasaki, who participated for the first time, and made a chance of full base with 3 consecutive hits from 1 out, and scored 1 point with the sacrifice fly of No. 5 Hanshin Tigers Teruaki Sato.
Pitcher Sasaki was replaced with one goal each time, the number of balls was 23, there were no strikeouts, three hits were hit, and the fastest straight was 162 km.
In the All Pacific, on the other hand, in the second inning, Lotte's first-year high school rookie Ko Matsukawa hit a timely hit at the first at-bat in the Australian game and caught up with the tie with a chance of 1 out, 2nd base and 3rd base.
And in the 6th inning, No. 3 Softbank Yuki Yanagita hit a solo home run on the left and won.
In the 9th inning with a 1-point lead, All Pacific defended the 1-point lead by showing pitcher relays by Softbank's Moinero, Rakuten's Yuki Matsui, and Lotte's Naoya Masuda. I won the All Central 2 to 1.
In this year's All-Star game, All Pacific has won two consecutive victories.
Softbank's Yanagita, who hit a winning home run, was selected as the MVP = Most Valuable Player.
In the final of the annual home run competition held before the match, Lotte's Laird and Softbank's Yanagita played against each other, and Laird won the championship by hitting four home runs.
Round 2 MVP Softbank Yanagita "I was happy with Kiyomiya Fever"
Yuki Yanagita of Softbank, who was selected as the MVP of the second round of the All-Star Game, said about the winning home run that he struck with the bat of Kotaro Kiyomiya of Nippon-Ham, "I feel really unbelievable. The player's bat was wonderful. I gave it to Kiyomiya Fever. "
And he was enthusiastic, "Although the second half of the game will start, I will do my best to get out of the melee Pacific League."
Roki Sasaki "I'm glad I was shown a straight game"
Pitcher Roki Sasaki, who was the starting pitcher for All Pacific in the second round of the All-Star game of professional baseball, said, "It was a lot of fun, but I'm disappointed that I got a point."
Also, regarding the fact that most of the pitches were straight, such as marking the fastest 162 km on the 27th, "I'm glad I was able to show you the straight game because many people came to support me. Somehow 160 km I was hoping to be thrown. "
On the other hand, regarding the fact that he couldn't strike out on the 27th, he said, "I couldn't get any strikeouts as a result, so I'll do my best to get it in the season."
Hanshin Sato "I'm so happy to have one RBI in the All-Star"
Teruaki Sato of Hanshin, who started in All Central's No. 5 Light, said that he hit the first sacrifice fly from Lotte pitcher Roki Sasaki, saying, "The ball was too fast and I didn't fly forward at all. The bat was also broken, but I'm really happy with one RBI in the All-Star game. "
Lotte Matsukawa, who participated for the first time, "I was just crazy about myself."
Lotte's Ko Matsukawa, who made a timely hit with a tie in the first at-bat in two innings, chasing one point in his first appearance in a professional baseball all-star game, said, "I never entered the at-bat with any consciousness, I was just crazy about it. I was happy to be a hit when I responded to the two seams. "