◆ Pacific League Orix 2-3 Seibu (17th, Kyocera Dome Osaka)
Seibu 's starting pitcher Taiga Ueda was taken out after 5 2/3 innings, giving up 8 hit 1 Walk 2 runs. This meant that he was unable to get his long-awaited first professional win in his second game of the season.
With one out in the 2-1 6th inning and two hits in a row, he got out of the first base runner game with a KENZOKU out on Benrin. However, he said, "I was relieved to get that groundout. I really learned that you have to throw more carefully and calmly at times like that." He gave Nakagawa a double up the middle to tie the game and was replaced when he gave Walk to the next hitter.
In the first inning, with count at 3-1, the leadoff batter, No. 4 draft pick rookie Yamanaka (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries East), swung a 138 km cutter hard, allowing his first Home Run to right-center field. "It was my first time on the first-team mound in two weeks, and the stadium was different, so I thought the atmosphere was completely different, but I think I got too fired up. Next time, I'll try to be more calm," he reflected.
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