First open game at Nippon-Ham’s new home “Es-Con Field Hokkaido”
On the 14th, the first open match with Seibu was held at “Escon Field Hokkaido”, which Nippon Ham will use as their home field from this season. Nippon-Ham outfielder Kotaro Kiyomiya made a mistake while running on the new pitch. I saw him standing dumbfounded at the bottom.
The view of the bases loaded with one out in the second inning. Kiyomiya was on second base. Wataru Matsumoto, who was standing on the starting mound for Seibu, saw the catcher’s sign and quickly turned around and threw a check ball to second base. Seibu shortstop Kodama Ryoryo held his breath as he entered second base, just like a ninja. Kiyomiya, who was caught off guard, returned head first, but when the referee declared him out, he seemed to say, “Wait a minute…”.
Kiyomiya started in this game as “5th and 1st base”. He has already hit three home runs in open games, and is expected to hit one in the new stadium, which is narrower than the Sapporo Dome. In front of him, it was a rare sight, and I left my name.
