[Orix] Sho Iwasaki's first win since transfer: "It's not something to take for granted, so I want to pitch with gratitude." He is the 13th player to win his first game for two teams in the same season.

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2025.6.21(土) 05:00

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◆Nippon Life Insurance Central vs. Pacific League Interleague Play 2025 Yakult 8-10 Orix = 10 innings extra inning = (20th, Jingu)

Orix won the 14-hit battle between the two armies to win the ACC title for the third time in four years. Sho Iwasaki, who entered the game in the ninth inning of an 8-8 tie in the ninth inning, pitcher hit pitched a runs and 3 strike out relief innings. In the 10th inning, his teammates scored the winning run and scored his first win since moving to Orix.

"What I can do is believe in my own ball and the catcher's lead and pitch. Since I'm a relief pitcher, I don't really have any special feelings about it (about my first win), but fielder helped me get the win, so I'm honestly happy."

In 2022, his first year after transferring from Softbank to Chunichi, he underwent Tommy John surgery on his right elbow in September and signed a development contract during the offseason. In June of last year, he returned to the regular team for the first time in two years, and this season he won his first win since transferring to Chunichi in 1,413 days, in a game against The Giants (Tokyo Dome) on April 1st.

And on this day, he became the 13th pitcher since Saito (Nippon-Ham, Chunichi) in 2011 win with the second team in the same season. "I returned (from surgery) and was able to pitch with the best feeling. It was trial and error, or rather, I was pitching while thinking, 'If I do this a little more, it will get better,' and it kind of clicked," he said, showing satisfaction with the results of his fastest pitch of 155 km/h rather than the record.

"The manager and coaches have been using me in really good situations. I don't take it for granted, so I want to pitch with gratitude," said the 35-year-old right-hander, whose brilliance is growing in his new home.

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