Pacific League Lotte 2-5 Softbank (5th, Zozo Marine)
Lotte's first draft pick, Misho Nishikawa outfielder (Aogaku Univ.), entered the game starting line-up as "No. 1, left wing" and was replaced in the middle of the game at 2 At Bat no hit.
He took three at-bats: a Hit by Pitch to third base in the first inning, struck out in the third inning, and a strikeout in the fifth inning, bringing his total to 444, clearing the required number of at-bats for the season (443). In his first year, he played in 108 games, recording 117 hit, 3 Home Run, 27 doble, 37 RBI, and a batting average of .281.
After the match, he reflected on his first year, saying, "It was a tough start at the beginning, but with the support of many people, I think I managed to achieve results in my own way. If I had to say one thing, I wanted to end the last match on a good note, but I think the lack of finishing that prevented me from finishing on a good note is something I still have room to improve on. I would like to train with a strong sense of responsibility during the off-season so that I can achieve even better results next season than I did this year."
Regarding the Rookie of the Year award, which he is competing in a close race with Rakuten 's Munesuyama, Seibu 's Watanabe Satoshi, and Nippon-Ham Ham's Tatsuya, he said, "I've come this far hoping to do my best and then the results will follow. I hope that will be something to look forward to."
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・ [Scoreboard] Lotte vs. Softbank
・ [Lotte] First-round draft pick Misho Nishikawa cleared the required number of at-bats and finished his first year with a batting average of .281, making him a strong candidate for Rookie of the Year.
・ [Lotte] Ryo Sakai, the fourth-round draft pick, made a great debut as a relief pitcher, pitching one runs inning. He is the right-handed pitcher who won Koshien last summer.
・ [Orix] Finished the season with a win, with Ryo Ryo Ota hitting his first double-digit home run... First-year manager Mamoru Kishida finished with an 8-game lead.
・ [Lotte] Koki Yamaguchi hit his first home run of the season in the second inning, a three-run leadoff hit. "I've been working hard all day," he said.
