He was on par with the great fourth bat. Giant infielder Kazuma Okamoto (24) brings the first three runs to the left center seat in the third inning. He decided to attack 30 homes for the third year in a row.

It’s been 18 years since Hideki Matsui (7 years in a row) grew up on the team. Even in the history of the giant in AD 85, it is a record of only three people, Sadaharu Wang, Tatsunori Hara and Hideki Matsui. He also fired back-to-back rounds in the third at bat in the fifth inning, with 31 locals and 95 league points. With 3 games remaining, you will advance to your first title.

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I returned to the bench with a smile that made me feel relieved. 0-0, 3 times, 1 kill, 1st and 2nd base. Okamoto drove 145 km from Yakult Ogawa to the upper left wing seat. No. 30 for the third consecutive year, which was the first three races, was the first since Hideki Matsui. “I’m glad I’m entering the season with a goal of 30 bottles,” he said with some glee.

Spring Camp 18 for the 4th year of professionals. I received guidance as a designated strengthening player from Mr. Hideki Matsui, who served as temporary coach. We did one-on-one special shots and worked to improve form, like how to use the lower body and how to put weight on the shaft legs. As a result, he was the youngest ever to record “30% 30 100 points”. It embodies the teachings of our predecessors and leads to results.

Two years later, this spring camp. I was greeted with 30 bases of operations for the second year in a row, but “I can finally be in the 1st Army. Mr. Matsui, that’s why Mr. Sakamoto has been active in the 1st Army from the beginning. Surrounded by such amazing people , I am so far This was. “I have not played with Mr. Matsui, whom I admired, even when he was active. However, around Okamoto, who jumped into the traditional giant army, there was a back named Sakamoto to pursue. Mr. Matsui, who joined the team as the same rookie who graduated from high school in the first place, and Sakamoto also established themselves in the first army from the second year. I remembered the days when I chased the backs of my seniors at Giants Stadium until the third year.

Towards the double crown, Okamoto’s bat didn’t know he was going to rest, and in the third at-bat, he wasn’t dead in the fifth inning, led No. 31 in two consecutive at-bats at right middle. The base hit is 3 points behind second. Hit points were 9 points behind 2nd place. Hara said: “There is still room for growth. I heard there are still baby teeth. A player with high expectations.” I expected to continue growing. Okamoto said: “There are still some immature parts. I want to address it as a problem. There are three games left so I want to do my best not to waste one at bat.” 24 years in the sixth year. Beyond our predecessors, we aspire to an unprecedented world and take steps step by step.[Soshin Kuninaga]

▼ Okamoto pitched No. 30 and No. 31, scoring 30 home for the third year in a row with his first Se League driver No. 30. The first giant in League Se No. 30 is 10 people, 25th time (13 times with the most kings), after Isamu Sakamoto last year. He is the seventh giant to reach 30 locals in more than three years since Ogasawara in 2007-10 and Ramírez in 2008-10, and the third right-hander after Ramírez in 1985-88. Okamoto turns 24 this year. He is the fifth professional baseball player since Matsui (giant) in 1998 to record 30 games more than three times in the 24-year season. Wang registered from 22 to 19 years old, Matsui registered for 7 consecutive years starting at 22, but how many years will Okamoto continue, who started with the same 22 years? Plus, if he’s 24 or younger and earns two crowns, home base and batting points, it will be his first time since Matsui in 1998.