◇ Orix Buffaloes vs Saitama Seibu Lions 12th Round (21st, Kyocera Dome Osaka)

​Ryu Sugisawa player from Orix Buffaloes made his first professional Home Run.

Sugisawa played starting line-up with the number 8 center fielder. In the bottom of the fifth inning with a five-run deficit and no outs, he came up to bat with a runner on second and no outs. count With a score of 0-1, he swung through a fastball thrown by opposing starter Yutaro Watanabe pitcher, and the ball arced toward right field, becoming his first professional home run, his first two-run homer.

Sugisawa was selected in the 4th round by Orix Buffaloes in the 2022 draft and joined the team. This season, he suffered a Hit by Pitch in his right wrist in April, and despite appearing in only 11 games, he has maintained a .400 batting average and a pre-game OPS of 1.100. In his fourth year as a professional, he finally made a long-awaited homer.

◇ Comment from Player Sugisawa
"The bat ran on its own. I believe in myself and strive every day."

Written by Yui Kayama