◇ Chiba Lotte Marines vs. Tohoku Rakuten Eagles 5th Round (29th, Zozo Marine Stadium)

Chiba Lotte Marines (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion Kota Inoue The first starting line-up since the transfer of the player "No. 6, first baseman". He hit his first solo shot hit since his transfer.

In the bottom of the fourth inning, trailing by one run, the leadoff polanco Inoue hit his second solo shot, a shot straight down the light pole, to tie the game, and Inoue came up with his second at bat with one out. count From 2-2, he fouled off a tough pitch to both corners and stuck with it, and the opposing starter Kenta Maeda pitcher The seventh pitch was thrown by The ball caught breaking ball coming through the middle and flew into the left field stands.

Inoue moved from Hanshin Tigers to Chiba Lotte Marines in last offseason's active draft. In the open game, he appeared in 11 games with a .111 batting average and struggled to adapt to his new home, but in 24 games on the farm he had 3 Home Run 16 RBI, a .308 batting average, and was promoted to the first team on the 25th. He responded to the leaders' request for his services with a winning shot, and there are high expectations for his future performance.

Comment from Inoue
I typed: slider. I am extremely happy. home run I was able to turn the game around by hitting a double, but I'll do my best to do it again in my next at-bat."

Text by Ao Yokoyama