Pro baseball, Lotte, WBC = World Baseball Classic Japan representative pitcher Aki Sasaki started a practice match with Yakult, and also took away a whiff strikeout from Munetaka Murakami, who is also a representative of Japan. I showed
On the 15th, Lotte held a practice match with Yakult at a campsite in Itoman City, Okinawa Prefecture.
Pitcher Sasaki, who pitched in his first actual game at this camp as a starter, struck out a whiff with a fork ball from the first batter in the first inning, while about 4,000 spectators watched. The batter also took an out with a swinging strikeout with a changing ball.
In the second inning, he faced Yakult No. 4 Murakami at the beginning of the inning, and after one ball, Sasaki drove in with two breaking balls, and finally struck out in the air with the fastest 160 km straight of the day. I was.
Although he allowed a hit immediately after, Sasaki, who suppressed the following to a short ground ball and a strikeout, showed a good finish in his first actual pitching, with no runs in the second inning and 5 strikeouts out of 29 pitches.
Pitcher Sasaki said, "Today, I decided to build around breaking balls, and I think I was able to throw it in a coherent way for my first actual match. It's still not my best, but I think it will get better if I throw more." was talking
Ahead of the national team's training camp in Miyazaki City from the 17th, he said, "I think we've made good preparations so far, so I'd like to make even better adjustments for the WBC finals."
In the match, Lotte won 6-4 with Koki Yamaguchi's two two-run home runs.