A press conference was held on the 2nd, the day before the Nippon Life Insurance Central League and Pacific League Interleague Play, with Seibu ‘s Manaya Nishikawa in attendance and speaking about pitcher he would like to face in the interleague games.
“I would like to play against Chunichi Dragons pitcher Tatsuya Shimizu,” said Nishikawa, who was his teammate at Hanasaki Tokuharu High School and became the first player from Saitama Prefecture to win the summer Koshien.
“I’ve never faced him before, so I’d really like to hit him,” he said, looking forward to the match. “I’ll be aiming for fork. I think the forkball is my best fork, so I’d like to hit it. I think the best thing would be home run, but I’ve never been able to hit home run with the intention of hitting one, so first I’ll do my best to get a good hit,” he said enthusiastically.
(Nippon Broadcasting System Show Up Night Game Reporting Team)
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