Hirohiro Inoue (19), second in the Hanshin draft, participated in the starting lineup with the “7th right wing” on the day of the 1st Army promotion for the first time as a professional. I played the starting lineup.

Play against Chunichi Ace Ono in all seats. In the first at-bat, he stopped at bat with two kills and first base in the second inning, and after throwing two balls, he hit a 140-kilometer fork. In the second at-bat, which was a kill in the fifth inning, he missed the first strike and got a ball. In the third at-bat, he took the lead in the eighth inning, shook the fork of the deciding ball and tossed 3 balls. Hitless in 3 strokes and 2 strikes, a recent high school graduate’s debut game for the first time in 62 years since Honma in 1983 was not an immediate success.

After the game, “I felt like each level was very high, so I felt like I had to aim for a higher level in my daily practice. The highest ball was on the ball that came out of the first at-bat and all the other balls. they were below the knee, the same ball was thrown there many times and it missed the same way. I thought I had to practice more and be able to deal with it. “

Inoue participated in 61 games in the Western League, scoring a 20% hit rate and 2 minutes, 8 home bases and 32 points. He has won two titles in the same league on bases and points. Although he participated in an army in two games in the open game in March, it was the first time that he was promoted to an army in the official game.