Orix pitcher Yasuto Takashima has been selected to start in the third game of the season against Rakuten on the 30th (Kyocera Dome Osaka). This season, his second year as a pro, he has been training as a starter since the Miyazaki camp. In the exhibition game against Hanshin Tigers on the 23rd (same venue), he showed a good performance, pitching 4 hit, no runs, and 6 strike out in 6 innings, and after the game, manager Kishida informed him that he would be included in the opening rotation for the first time in his career.
"I was able to pitch with a good sense of tension in the game Hanshin Tigers, so I hope I can pitch without being too nervous tomorrow (29th). Last season, there were a lot of hitter I was hit by, such as (Rakuten 's) Ogō and Murabayashi, so I hope I can be aggressive and attack the inside pitches."
The day before the game against Hanshin Tigers, he cooked chicken steak himself, saying, "Let's eat something white to win." Since it led to a good pitch, he smiled and said, "I'll go home and make it again that day." He also said, "I want to eat tofu and vanilla ice cream." Filling his stomach with "white," he pitched well.
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