Anxiety about Fujinami’s opening, injuries are irrelevant / Kiyooki Nakanishi –Critical column –Baseball column: Nikkan Sports

Pitcher Shintaro Fujinami (26) finished the last pitch assuming the opening game with Yakult. 4 innings, 5 hits, 1 run, 3 walks. He suffered a right thumb injury and landed 69 balls ahead of schedule.

Nakanishi Originally, he would have wanted to throw 85-100 balls. It was unexpected that my right thumb was injured and I was thinking about not deepening the injury, so it cannot be avoided. However, even after deducting injuries, the content left some anxiety towards the opening.

Orix No. 4 allowed Moya on the left to hit two central fronts. The first was 1st and 1st, punctually from 2nd base, and the 3rd was connected from 2nd and 1st base.

All the balls hit by Nakanishi Moya were close to the belt. In the showdown with No. 4 Murakami in Yakult’s game, the ball will be harder, and if you don’t puncture inside, you’ll get hurt. After getting hit by Moya three times, he bypassed Tongu and struck out the outside corner ball, which was the best ball. Runners were sent home each time, and the ball was more uneven than ever.

4 times. There was also a ball that went behind the back of No. 6 Sugimoto early on, allowing walks. After that, there was a ball to catch and two wild pitches led to a pinch, but he refused to go on and survived without a goal.

Nakanishi: The reason I got lost was because the timing of the top and bottom did not match. I think it has nothing to do with the right thumb. The right arm does not come out because I have to open it. It will be a force to catch.

Fujinami, who climbs to the first opening mound, has the team’s starting script.

Nakanishi Whether or not to put in the bullpen two more times until the actual performance, but it is necessary to recheck to survive once or twice without problems. And image training. I want to boost only the young team with Fujinami.[Entrevista / Composición = Hirokazu Terao, editor en jefe]

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