◆Preseason match Seibu and DeNA (23rd, Belluna D)

Seibu infielder, who returned to the first-team starting line-up for the first time since recovering from a left thigh injury, demonstrated his good condition.

In the first at bat of the second inning, he flipped the opposing starter Bauer's 135 km change-up to center fielder for a groundout. He advanced to second on Sei Watabe's pitcher assault hit and reached third base energetically by touching up when Sotosaki flew out to right with no outs. With no outs and runners on first and third, Motoyama's first hit to left brought him home.

In his second at-bat in the third inning with two outs and a runner on second base, he compactly swung at Bauer's 129 km/ slider for hit hit the right front, his second consecutive hit. "I was thinking about making good contact in the opposite direction. I'm glad it was a hit." In his third at-bat in the fifth inning with two outs and a runner on second base, he Walk, and reached base in all three at-bats, forcing a pinch runner to be substituted. His outlook for the opening game is looking good.

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