Ueno doubled on the left wing line, which was his first hit in the third at bat in his third year as a professional.
■ Rakuten 3-0 Nippon-Ham (8th, Sapporo Dome)
Nippon-Ham Kyohei Ueno infielder hit his first professional hit at the Rakuten match held at the Sapporo Dome on the 8th. However, immediately after that, he made a painful base-running mistake that missed the scoring machine. This made a big impact and the team lost the fastest 10 in the Pacific League, but Tsuyoshi Shinjo has high expectations for the growing 20-year-old infielder.
After the match, the big boss didn’t cover the box, but the comment made through the public relations was “Congratulations on Ueno-kun’s first hit! I want you to grow up from here !!”. It was celebrating a memorable one of the young warriors.
Ueno participated in “No. 9 / Yuutsu” following the match against Lotte on the 6th, which was selected as a starting lineup immediately after being promoted to the 1st army. On the 6th, he showed his defensive power, but he missed the hit and ended up with no hits in 3 at bats, strikeout, right-handed, and one-hit. This morning, the big boss said, “Don’t overlook and strike out,” and he was conscious of his positive attitude. Immediately after the first at bat, the first at-bat in the three innings, the double hit that carried the cut ball to the left wing line, became a nice first hit in the sixth at-bat in the third year of the professional, “As a result of thinking to swing firmly from the first ball, I’m glad I picked up a sweet ball. “
A teammate who is pleased with the bench on the third base side. In addition, a big boss came out in front of the bench and raised the returning commemorative ball toward Ueno on the second base. He wasn’t really doing well with a batting average of .120 in the Eastern League, but the big boss himself was waiting for this moment, saying, “I’m raising Ueno. There is also a defensive aspect and I want to hit him.” .. “The image is Shinya Miyamoto. It seems that he was hit when he noticed it. I didn’t like it, but Miyamoto-san was protecting it. (Ueno) became a batter and a player who made me think very much. I hope you can help me, “and he wants to be a” disgusting batter. “
