◆ Pacific League Seibu 1-2 Nippon-Ham (29th, Belluna Dome)
The target was set: two outs and a runner on first and second with one out. Nippon-Ham The first run scored with two outs and two runners on. Shun Mizutani outfielder was Seibu- Watanabe count threw a 137-kilogram high cutter pitch from 2-2 to the outside corner, and it went right to the pitcher without opposition.
The ball hit the right field wall for a timely doble. “I think it was good that I was able to hit the ball I was aiming for and knock it away in one hit,” he said with a smile. This tying hit led to a catcher’s error that became the winning run, and Tatsuya achieved his first complete game win as a pro. It was a valuable hit.
He has maintained his good form even after the end of the interleague games. In the game on the 28th, he started as the eighth batter and right fielder and hit his fifth solo home run over the left field in the eighth inning, and on this day he started as the second batter and left fielder, with two At Bat and one hit RBI four at-bats. “I don’t think too hard about it, I go to the plate with a simple plan of my own, and even if it doesn’t result in hit, I have a lot of good grounders. I think the most important thing is that I’m mentally stable,” he said in his self-analysis.
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・ [Nippon-Ham] Despite the come-from-behind defeat, manager Shinjo said, “Today was the day we were going to lose.”
・ [Seibu] Comeback win against the league Nippon-Ham, Hasegawa hits the winning run and Sumida gets his seventh win. Manager Nishiguchi says, “This win is really big.”
・ [Nippon-Ham] Yamazaki Fukuya pitched six runs innings but failed to get his fourth win: “I think we were able to create a game.”
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