◇Tohoku Rakuten Eagles vs. Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Practice Game (Kanatake Baseball Stadium, Kanatake, Japan, March 15)

Hokkaido Nippon-Ham The first inning of the practice game was a timely hit by a player from the Tohoku Yuya Gunji team.

In anticipation of the season opener, Gunji, who has been used as the "No. 4 third baseman" player in the red-and-white and outdoor games, went to bat in the first inning with two outs and two runners on base, thanks to Ryota Isobata 's hit and stolen base. full count In the first inning, he handled an in-course fastball thrown by the opposing starter, Ryota Takinaka pitcher, and the ball hit short stop in the right field corner. The second baseman runner returned to home base at once, fulfilling his role in the game.

Guji set up stolen base for the next Kotaro Kiyomiya player at bat, and succeeded brilliantly. Last season, stolen base "0" also showed a high level of base running awareness from the first inning following Gojuhata.

Text by Aoi Yokoyama