◆ Pacific League Seibu 1-2 Nippon-Ham (29th, Belluna Dome)
He finally broke through the seventh inning barrier. Seibu 's Yuutaro Watanabe, who had pitcher the longest seven innings in the 11 games up to this point, stepped up to mound in the eighth inning. "I didn't have a good feeling in the beginning, and my fastball didn't feel very good either, so I just stuck to pitches that I could get strike." In the third inning, with a one-run lead, he allowed Mizutani to hit a timely doble and was caught up, and then gave up the winning run on a passed ball. "I switched gears and went in with the mindset of giving up the fewest runs." After the fourth inning, he didn't give up either, throwing 104 pitches and giving up five hit two runs (one earned runs).
Although he didn't win, he continued his 8th consecutive quality start (QS, starting pitcher pitching 6 or more innings with 3 or less earned runs). He played a good game. Looking ahead to the summer, "I think it's hard for hitter to attack when defense time is long, so I want to keep getting 3 strikeouts like I did today." First of all, he plans to create an offensive rhythm from his own pitch.
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