◆Pre-season game Nippon-Ham and Seibu Lions (5th, Escon F)

With persistence, they clawed back the first run. With one death bases loaded in the third inning with no runs scored by either team, Seibu Lions ・ Manaya Nishikawa outfielder hit a bat that stopped Yamazaki's 138-kilometer shot, and the ball rolled third base line. third baseman catch throw The ball was safe, but the determination base running of the player who said, "I got a half-hearted swing, but I ran desperately first baseman to first base," slightly outweighed the effort. With a good base running by Takizawa at third runner base, the first timely infield hit was made.

On this day, he started as "No. 3 center fielder". Last season, in his eighth year as a professional, he established himself as No. 1 from the middle of the season, and played in 124 games, the most of his career, and made a big leap to a batting average of 20.6 minutes and 4 percent, winning the long-awaited Golden Glove Award for the first time. Kuwabara, who won the same award twice as a regular center fielder in DeNA, joined as a free agent, but at the same time, Nishikawa entered the center field position in all three open games he started at the same time, and the trust of the leaders is strong. This man's performance is essential for a counterattack from 5th place.