T-Okada: “I still have a lot to learn from Lotte’s Matsukawa’s lead”
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2025.9.16(火) 12:14
○ Orix 7 – 3 Lotte ●
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T-Okada, who served as a commentator for “Orix vs. Lotte,” which was produced by MBS Radio and broadcast on Nippon Broadcasting System, commented on the battery of Lotte pitcher Yuto Kimura and catcher Ko Matsukawa.
Kimura and Matsukawa’s battery closer the Orix batting line at a good tempo in the first inning, but in the second inning, they lost 3 runs with 2 runs in the Masahiro Nishino and sacrifice fly in the Yusuke Mugitani. In the 4th inning, he was hit by a timely doble of 2 runs runs on Taishi Hirooka, and in the 5th inning, Nishino hit a timely hit, and Kimura left the mound in 7 runs in the 5th inning.
Kotaro Kobayashi When cutter on the outside corner from 2 balls to 1 strike with one out in the 1-3 4th inning became a ball, T-Okada twisted his head and said, “If you want him to swing at it, you have to make him aware of fastball to swing at it. You wonder with what intention they are asking for that pitch. It’s a ball-to-ball trajectory, so it’s hard to hit it, but I think we should think a little more about how to distribute the ball to make the most of that pitch,” he said.
Furthermore, after Kimura left the game, T-Okada pointed out, “It’s important to determine early on what kind of pitches Kimura pitcher well and which ones weren’t so good. I think there’s still a lot he needs to learn, like how to put together pitches even when they’re bad.”
(Courtesy of MBS Baseball Park)
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