◇ Fukuoka Softbank vs Tokyo Yakult Open Match (Japan, Stadium Name)

Fukuoka Softbank 's Hikaru Kimura pitcher pitched two innings with no hit and no runs.

Kimura pitcher took the mound in the top of the 5th inning as the second runner. First, he took a swing struck out from the lead, Tatsuyo Takeoka, and then repelled the following hitter with a grounder and a struck out. In the top of the sixth inning of the second inning, he also appealed with a perfect pitch of 2 inning 4 strike out with two struck out and three outs.

Last season, he appeared in 13 games, ERA 1.02, and recorded his first professional save, making it a season that foreshadowed a leap forward. This season, I want to accumulate good results from early spring and establish myself in the first team.

Written by Niwa Kainagi

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