◆ Pacific League Rakuten Eagles 2-12 Nippon-Ham (June 6th, Rakuten Eagles Mobile is the strongest)

Even with runner on base, Nippon-Ham 's Ito pitched carefully until the end. He allowed 4 hit 1 runs over 7 innings, strike out 3. He earned his third win of the season and said, "It was the last game of a nine-game series, so I really wanted to win. Everyone gave the relief pitcher a rest, so I was able to pitch as far as I could."

Rakuten Eagles He was the first to throw down with Ken Maeda. I watched him a lot when I was in junior high school, and I've read his books, but I still have the same slider grip that Maeda-san has. slider slider double play The first time I saw him, I thought he was a good player, but I didn't think he'd be a good player. double play The first time I saw him, I thought, "I'm going to have to go to the hospital.

In the three games he pitched with five days' rest, including this one, he has thrown seven or more innings and allowed three runs or less in all of them. "I think I'm getting better in my own sense of pitching," he said. The ace, who also stopped the team's two-game losing streak, is honing his senses during games and moving closer to his best condition. (Yasushi Yamaguchi)