“It took a while. It was a pain because I hadn’t won since July last year.”
■ Rakuten 2-1 Orix (29th, Kyocera Dome)
Masahiro Tanaka, a pitcher of Rakuten, marked his first victory of the season with a good pitching of 4 hits in the 7th inning, 6 strikeouts and 1 run in the game against Orix held at Kyocera Dome on the 29th. This day was the birthday of his wife, Mai, and after the match, he said, “I definitely wanted to win because her wife is on her birthday today.”
Masahiro Tanaka allowed the first goal in the 3rd inning, but after that he showed a dangerous pitch and dropped out with 1 goal in the 7th inning. The batting line was Dora 2 Rookie Yasuda’s professional No. 1 tie solo with a battery, and in the 7th inning, he succeeded in winning due to the opponent’s timely missteps, marking the first white star in 259 days since the game against Softbank on July 13 last year. did.
After the match, he said, “I thought I’d be able to get off to a good start in the opening round for myself,” and said, “It took me a while to win for the first time in a long time. I was also talking about it.
(Full-Count editorial department)
