◇ Fukuoka Softbank vs. Chiba Lotte Marines 12th Round (15th, MIZUHO PayPay Dome)

Chiba Lotte Marines (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion Kyuto Ueda The player fired the first timely doble.

He started at No. 8, first baseman. Yudai Fujioka Player, Ryusei Miyazaki The first at bat came with one out and runners on second and third, and the opposing starter Kohei Arihara pitcher The first pitch of the game was the second pitch of the day. The ball goes over first base line and runner brings home two live, giving him a valuable first run in his first at-bat since April 22.

Ueda started the season with the first team, but his batting average was sluggish at .114 in 13 games, and he was removed from the roster on April 24. Since then, he has appeared in 49 games in the farm system and has a .318 batting average, and today, July 15, he was registered as a starter. He has been responding to his assignment by producing results immediately after his promotion.

Comment from Ueda
It was cutter who hit the ball. I felt a little flustered, but when I saw Zaki-san (Ryusei Miyazaki) hit the ball in front of me, I had a chance to take a swing, and I was able to calm down. infield I was also in front of Zaki (sacrifice fly), so I thought would be OK, and I felt a little more at ease and was able to swing the bat well."

Text by Youkazu Sonoda

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