[Seibu] With four consecutive shutout game, they have won the exhibition games. Manager Fumiya Nishiguchi says, "We will win the remaining two games as well."

Sports Hochi

2025.3.21(金) 21:31

◆Preseason game: Seibu 2-0 DeNA (21st, Belluna Dome)

Seibu won four consecutive shutout game games with a relay of seven pitcher. With a record of 7 wins, 3 losses and 2 ties in the exhibition games, they have secured a winning record with two games remaining.

Tatsuya Imai pitcher, who is the pitcher of the season for the second consecutive season, threw three innings and did not allow a single runner pitch. Haneda, Ramirez, Kaino, Wingenter, and Hayabusa Sato followed with a 1 inning each, and Kaima Taira pitcher closed out the ninth inning with three runners on base.

Following the Chunichi game on the 16th, and the games against Hiroshima on the 18th and 19th, the team has played four games in a row shutout game win. Manager Fumiya Nishiguchi said, "It's too much. I'm a little bit disappointed that I don't get a point once in a while," said manager Fumiya Nishiguchi. The team's first season pitcher started off well, and Imai was also a big hit. "You can tell that he's working on it with a lot of awareness," he said.

As for the offensive line, the No. 5 draft pick, outfielder Seiya Watanabe (Osaka University of Commerce), had two hit, including a timely triple in the sixth inning. He seemed satisfied with win, defending the two points he had taken in this inning, saying, "I hope there will be more games like this (even during the season)." Looking ahead to the match against DeNA on the 22nd and 23rd, he said, "I'm going to try to win the remaining two games as well," and intends to keep up the winning streak and enter the main season.