◇ Chiba Lotte Marines vs. Hokkaido Nippon-Ham 17th Round (2nd, Zozo Marine Stadium)

Chiba Lotte Marines (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion Sotho. The player gave up two runs, No. 11.

first baseman In the bottom of the 7th inning, down 0-8, with two outs and a runner on first, he came to bat in the 4th. count Hiromi Ito pitcher On the fourth pitch of the game, a straight ball from the outside corner of the plate was hit back the other way. The ball came up at a good angle and flew into the right field pole for the No. 11 run.

Soto, who also Home Run played in his last matchup with Ito pitcher (July 27), struggled in August with 46 At Bat 10 hit and a .217 batting average in 18 games, but how will he fare in the final half of the season?

Soto's comment
I hit fastball. I was able to hit a sweet ball that came in really well."

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