Pacific League Seibu 1-4 Softbank (28th, Belluna Dome)
Seibu The first-round draft pick of the National Draft, Daisho Saito infielder (18) = Kanazawa, made his first-team debut. 4 At Bat no hit 3 struck out but "the strength of the ball (in the first team pitcher) and the sharpness of breaking ball were totally different. The first time I saw him, I thought he was a good player, but I didn't think he'd be a good player.
He played as the leadoff Home Run in the farm team, in his first at-bat he hit a long fly ball to the left field pole, which made the stadium erupt with excitement. "I thought, 'Wow!' It was a ball I wasn't aiming for at all, but I managed to handle it well."
With one out in the sixth inning, the rookie catch a fly ball behind his regular position, but showed his innocence by saying, "I caught it just in time..." After his first game with the first team, he said with enthusiasm, "I was exhausted by the seventh inning, but it was fun because of the great cheers. I have to compete here, so I want to be able to play normally here soon."
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