◆ Pacific League: Lotte 0-10 Seibu Lions (August 1st, ZOZO Marine Stadium)

Seibu Lions starter Sou Sato (so) pitcher, who made his professional debut, made his first professional win with 2 hit runs in 7 innings. The batting line also exploded with 20 hit 10 runs and won a comfortable victory.

The first inning ended with only 11 pitches. In the second inning, Shin Ishikawa and Soto took struck out consecutive hits with breaking ball, and Inoue turned around and slashed with a 142-kilometer fastball with a three-way struck out in a row.

In the 3rd inning, he gave up Walk and Hit by Pitch for the first time that day, putting runners on first and second with two outs, but he was unfazed by the happening of paper flying in ground from the Seibu Lions bench due to strong winds, and got out of the jam by missing Nishikawa struck out with a 141 km/h straight ball.

In the 7th inning, he took the second consecutive 3-way struck out of the game and left the game. The first appearance of a player from training win was the seventh professional baseball and the first feat for the club.

In the first inning, with two outs and a runner on third base infielder Tyler Nevin who joined the first team that day, hit a timely doble the left field line to score the first run. Nevin also hit his first home run of the season in the third inning with two outs.

◆ Sou Sato (Nishi), who joined the team through the developmental draft, made his professional debut as a starting pitcher and win in his second year. This is the first time a player drafted through the developmental draft win in their first appearance (S) indicates a starting pitcher, R indicates a relief pitcher, and the number in the square indicates the number of years since joining the team.

Year Pitcher (Affiliation) Year

2017 Shinpei Shinohara (Giants) Ri (3)

2018 Kotaro Otake (SoftBank) First baseman (1)

21st year Honmae Ikuya (Ro) Sen (2)

2023 Hayate Matsui (Giants) Starting pitcher (1)

2024 Sato Kazuma (Orix) First Baseman (5)

Jun Maeda (Softbank) First (2)

26th year, Sato So (West), starting pitcher (2)

He's the seventh player. This is the first time for the team.

◇Sato So, born February 9, 2003, in Kitahiroshima City, Hokkaido. He did not play Koshien while attending Sapporo Yamanote High School. After attending Seisa Doto University, he joined Seibu Lions in 2024 as the 4th pick in the developmental draft. He was promoted to the main roster on April 30. His name comes from the wish that he would become a "refreshing man." 178 cm, 82 kg. Left-handed pitcher and left-handed batter.