Orix Miyagi Wins This Season “Throwing More Than I Bargained For” – Professional Baseball: Nikkan Sports

Pitcher Hiroya Miyagi (19), who is in his sophomore year of high school, scored his first win of the season by holding Seibu’s line to two goals in the seventh inning. The teen pitcher for the team that won the starting lineup with the opening card has been Tetsuya Yoneda since 1957 (Showa 32) during the Hankyu era. He said, “I was able to pitch more than I expected. I thought I would definitely win today.”

8 strikeouts were taken, but the showcase was the setting where No. 4 Yamakawa was greeted without dying four times. I followed my instincts. The ninth ball hit a 6-degree foul. “The moment I throw the slider, I say, ‘I will be hit or fouled.’ I changed it to a curve.” He struck out with a 114-kilometer curve with a low inside angle and struck out. He believed in intuition as a tight playless curve in “21 Enatsu balls”. “I hit the slider for the first time. A straight ball and a change foul. I didn’t throw a ball that bends a lot.” The fastest curve is 148 km and the slowest is 96 km. The size of the curve is flexible and the depth at the home base has been manipulated with the change.

“Animal intuition” was cultivated from an early age. Butch, a male cat he had in high school, said, “Suddenly, I left …”. In Maishima, Osaka’s bedroom, in addition to pillows with a Butch-like pattern printed on them, “I have a new one” and “I keep” a cat-shaped body pillow to use at bedtime. “Touching an animal will heal you. There was a pigeon that couldn’t fly on the ground (from high school), and I gently put it on a tree. I didn’t go to see it the next day …”

Manager Nakajima, who was blessed with his first win of the season on his 52nd birthday, said: “I wonder if he’s okay in terms of the number of balls. After getting off the board, Coach Takayama patted his head. and the 19-year-old finally sat down on the bench. “I’m not calm just because I can’t see it. I am walking around the locker. I’m still nervous today when I sit down. ”Cats don’t dress up on the game mound.[Ken Mashiba]

◆ Hiroya Miyagi Born on August 25, 2001 (Heisei 13), from Okinawa Prefecture. He joined Orix in draft 19 from Konan. The first professional white star in the first year against the Nippon-Ham Fighters on November 6, 2008. In an army, he pitched in 3 games, 1 win and 1 loss, and a 3.94 ERA. He won the most at Western with 6 wins. 171 cm, 80 kilos Left handed.

◆ Tetsuya Yoneda Born on March 3, 1938 (Showa 13), in Tottori Prefecture. He joined Hankyu (now Orix) from the border in 1956. He was nicknamed the “gas tank” due to his outstanding physical strength, and he won double digits for the 19th consecutive year since 1957. 1968 MVP. He moved to Hanshin-Kintetsu and retired in 1977. A total of 949 games, 350 wins (both second in professional baseball), 285 losses, 2 saves, and a 2.91 ERA. When he was active, he weighed 180 cm and 87 kg. Right-handed. After retiring, he served as a coach at Hanshin and Orix. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2000.