◇ Hokkaido Nippon-Ham vs Tokyo Yakult Open Match (22nd, ES CON FIELD)

Hokkaido Nippon-Ham 's Chusei Mannami and Kotaro Kiyomiya players joined the first team in the final game of the open game. starting line-up and recorded hit.

Manami started as "No. 5, right fielder". In the bottom of the second inning, when he entered the first at-bat as the leadoff hitter, he actively swung from first baseman strike. The ball goes over the head of second baseman and center fielder forward. After that, the team's batting line connects and steps on the home plate to take the lead.

Yuki Kiyomiya, who played starting line-up in "No. 2 first baseman", will have his second at-bat in the bottom of the third inning with one out. Unfazed by the slow pitch of the opponent's starter Yasuhiro Ogawa pitcher, he showed tenacity by fouling 7 consecutive pitches from count 2-2. The game was the 13th pitch, and he bounced back the floating breaking ball in front of center fielder, making it his first hit in the open game.

Manami played in five open games and had a batting average of .077, but on the farm, he had a batting average of .579 in five games. On the other hand, Kiyomiya, who became the player president from this season, left the team at the end of the camp due to arthritis in his right elbow, but returned to action on the 14th. He played in five games on the farm and posted a batting average of .333 with a 3-Home Run batting average.

Text: Aoi Yokoyama