◆Farm League: Lotte vs. Nippon-Ham (November 11th, Lotte Urawa)

Lotte's first-round draft pick, Genki Ishigaki pitcher (18) = Kentai Takasaki, made his professional debut in a Farm League game Nippon-Ham (Lotte Urawa). Fans wearing the uniform with the number 18 on the back were noticeable in the audience.

The right-hander was the first high school graduate pitcher to participate in spring training camp in six years, since Akinori Sasaki (now with the Dodgers) in 2020. The day before his first day as a pro, on the 10th, he said, "I've been looking forward to this day for a long time, so I'm not nervous, I'm just looking forward to it. I'm concerned about how well my confidence fastball will work, and tomorrow (the 11th) is starter, so I think it's important how well I can pitch at a good tempo. I hope I can throw with those two things in mind.

The "Monster of the Reiwa Era," whom manager Saburo described as "a monster in a word. He's on a different level. I think he's in the same class as Roki," took to mound game in front of fans.

starting line-up for both teams are as follows:

[Nippon-Ham]

1 (Center) Miyazaki

2 (2) Kamikawabata

3 (left) Martinez

4 (3) Arizono

5 (catcher) Shindo

6 (Right) Sakaguchi

7 (DH) Shibata

8 (1) Nakajima

9 (Shortstop) Handa

pitcher Fujita

[Lotte]

1 (2) Ikeda

2 (left) Acevedo

3 (Center) Aito

4 (3B) Sakurai

5 (Finger) Shin Ishikawa

6 (Right) Inoue

7 (1) Ishigaki Masaru

8 (Catcher) Okamura

9 (Play) Matsuishi

pitcher Ishigaki Gen