◇ Chiba Lotte Marines vs. Saitama Seibu Lions First round (27th, Zozo Marine Stadium)

Saitama Seibu Lions 's DRA1 rookie Taiga Kojima The player of Saitama hit recorded a happy first .

He won the opening starting line-up game as "No. 9 catcher" in spite of being a rookie, and his first professional at-bat came in the 3rd inning with one death runner and no outs. He pulled the other team's starter, who had been a battery partner at Meiji University, and got his first professional at-bat. Kaito Mori pitcher He pulled a breaking ball of the opponent's first batter hit, who had been a battery partner at Meiji University, and hit a that split first and second base.

Kojima is expected to be a hard-hitting catcher hitter. He struggled with a .071 batting average in six games in the open tournament, but he hopes to use this one hit as a springboard to hit more success.

Text by Hiroki Tanijima