A press conference was held on the 2nd, the day before the Nippon Life Insurance Central League vs Pacific League Interleague Play, with Yakult ‘s Soma Uchiyama and Lotte’s Shota Suzuki in attendance.
Yakult is at the bottom of Central League and Lotte is at the bottom of Pacific League. They hope to use this interleague game as a chance to rise up as a team.
Uchiyama said, “The team’s situation is by no means good right now, but I think that if the environment changes, the team’s flow will change, so I’d like to do my best in the interleague games.”
Suzuki also stated his determination, saying, “I think the start is very important, so I want to win. I think the interleague games in particular are a chance to widen or close the gap with the other teams, so I want to do my best to win as many games as possible and aim for the championship. It’s true that I failed last time, but I’ll do my best to succeed in all ERA of 0.00.”
The first interleague games on the 3rd will see Yakult facing Seibu and Lotte facing The Giants.
(Nippon Broadcasting System Show Up Nighter)
AloJapan.com