Otani Shohei.

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[Reporter Gong Naiyu/Comprehensive Report] When Darvish and Shohei Otani were warming up in the bullpen today in the classic match, Daisuke Matsuzaka, who was a ball commentator, was also very excited, "I think Darvish pitched in the 8th inning, and Shohei Otani in the 9th inning. Right." At the same time, he also paid tribute to Otani who was running around on the bench and in the bullpen, "The physical burden should be quite heavy."

Darvish went to the bullpen to warm up after the 5th inning, and Atsushi Gutian said excitedly, "He has gone to the bullpen." Then even Otani, who was the designated hitter, also went to the bullpen in the 6th inning, forming 2 Japanese legends The scene of practicing pitching in the bullpen made Daisuke Matsuzaka unable to hide his excitement when commenting.

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Shohei Otani went to the bullpen in the outfield, waited until the end of the 6th inning, and then jogged back to the bench. After the 6th inning, it was not his turn to attack, so he went to the outfield bullpen to prepare, and then went to the bench in the 7th inning to prepare for hitting, and knocked out the inside wild hit.

Japanese star Ryota Igarashi said earlier that Otani played with a designated strike, and it would be very difficult to warm up and prepare for the relay midway. If it wasn’t for Otani, it would be impossible.

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