◆ Pacific League Rakuten 4-0 Lotte (14th, Rakuten Mobile)
Rakuten 's Asamura is in the final stretch to achieve a big record. With three solid hit, he is now three hits away from reaching 2,000 hit. "Sometimes I get hits one by one like today, but sometimes I don't get to bat for more than 30 times like before. This year, I feel like it's all about accumulating hits one by one," he said matter-of-factly.
He played as the seventh batter for five consecutive games. In his first at-bat in the second inning with one out and a runner on first base, he knocked Taneichi's outside fastball to the right field line, setting up Kofukuda's leadoff hit. In the fourth inning, he pulled a fastball for a doble down the left field line. In the fifth inning with no outs and runners on second and third base, he hit Hirohata's breaking ball for an RBI single to the right field line. He quickly advanced count, which had been slowing down.
On April 27th, in a game against Softbank (Rakuten Mobile), he was nine hits away from a big record, but then he suddenly went hit in 35 consecutive at-bats, his worst ever. On the 9th, in a game against Nippon-Ham (ESCON), he got hit in 36 at-bats, and said, "I feel a lot better mentally." Released from the pressure, he won his third multi-hit game of the season that day. He made a V-shaped recovery in one fell swoop.
On the other hand, he missed struck out the first death in the 7th inning and fell to a total of 1500 struck out. His reaching the total at the age of 34 years and 6 months was the second youngest after Kazuhiro Kiyohara's 33 years and 9 months, the former Seibu and The Giants. The cannonballer, who also reached a total of 300 hits this season, said, "It's the result of being given games and at-bats. It can't be helped. He has fulfilled his role as a mainstay of the team, and that is why he has received the "Medal of Honor.
On the 15th, the game against Lotte will be held at Tokyo Dome. In his 17th year as a pro, he said, "2,000 hits won't be the end. I really want to hit as many as I can, one hit at a time." He is on the brink of becoming the first person born in the Heisei era to achieve this feat. (Hiroki Ariyoshi)
▼ E Asamura 1500 struck out Rakuten ・ Hideto Asamura infielder (34) took struck out from Sawada in the seventh inning of Lotte's 10th inning (Rakuten Mobile) on April 14, bringing his total to 1500 struck out. He is the 15th professional baseball player. The youngest 1500 struck out are <1> Kazuhiro Kiyohara (Giants) 33 years and 9 months, <2> Hideto Asamura (Raku) 34 years and 6 months, <3> Takeya Nakamura (West) 34 years and 7 months, and Asamura is the second youngest.
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