Sekine hits in a timely manner with a chance made by stealing and advancing.
■ DeNA 1-0 Seibu (27th, Interleague Play, Berna Dome)
On the 27th, DeNA won a 1-0 shutout victory over Seibu at the enemy land Berna Dome. It was a way of winning that was far from the image of the BayStars batting line where the smashers lined up, but the baseball that the team was aiming for this season was condensed there.
In the game, pitchers Shinichi Ohnuki and Seibu Mitsunari Takahashi started pitching each other without any goals. DeNA scored one point for Torako seven times. The start was that No. 4 Maki, who was the first player, got on base with a hit by pitch.
Following Soto, a one-bound fork was struck out from a count of 3-2 and he struck out, but Maki made a start at the last ball and succeeded in stealing two. Maki’s second stolen base this season expanded her chances. “I ran (with a sign),” said Daisuke Miura. One of the goals is to improve mobility, and it seems that the number of stolen bases of the team, which ended in 31 of the worst of 12 teams last season, is 15 (about 49 paces a year) at the time of 44 games.
Pinch hitter Fujita advances the runner with a ground ball, and is 2nd and 3rd base. Taiki Sekine outfielder who entered the turn at bat aimed for a safety squeeze from count 1-1 to the third base line, but unfortunately fouled. After that, I got stuck with a foul. And I did not miss the slider that came in the middle from 2-2 and carried it to the front.
“I went to the turn at bat with a strong feeling that I would get one point anyway,” Sekine said. Director Miura said, “I could see the surroundings (such as aiming for a safety squeeze play), and I could see the attitude of trying to get to the base and returning. It gave me the best result of timely.”
