Pitcher Aki Sasaki of the professional baseball team Lotte started the game against Rakuten on the 26th at ZOZO Marine Stadium in Chiba City, and pitched 3 hits, no runs, and 8 strikeouts in the 7th inning, earning his 8th win. I mentioned.
Pitcher Sasaki started the match against Rakuten in Sendai City on August 19, and suffered a total of 3 home runs, giving up 5 runs in 6 innings. I mentioned.
On the 26th, high school rookie and catcher Torao Matsukawa, who started in the match against Rakuten held at ZOZO Marine Stadium and has built a battery in all pitches so far this season, will start on the bench due to the effects of hurting his right shoulder. Therefore, I built a battery for the first time this season since May last year when I won my first professional victory with Toshiya Sato, who joined the team at the same time.
In pitching at home, pitcher Sasaki, who has a stable ERA of 0 points, effectively mixes fork balls and sliders in straights at the fastest speed of 161 km from the start, and strikes out five by the third inning. I was.
In the 4th inning, he was in a pinch with a no-out second base due to a hit and an error by a teammate, but he refused the following and kept no runs, and after the 5th inning, he did not even let the runners advance to second base.
Sasaki pitched 91 pitches in the 7th inning with 3 hits, no runs, and 8 strikeouts.
Pitcher Sasaki said in a hero interview, "Last time, the batting line helped me, so today I managed to keep the score to 0 and lead the team to victory. , I think I was able to throw in a good place. It was the first battery in a year with Sato, but I was able to throw with all my strength because I was able to lead firmly.”
Lotte now has three consecutive wins and has reduced its losing streak to "4".