【高知FD】元メジャー・ガルシア選手が2打席連続ホームラン　年間最多本数に並び、チームはシーズン2位 (26/07/06 19:16)

On July 4th, the final game of the first season was held in Kochi City, and a foreign player who had previously hit a home run off Shohei Ohtani during his time in Major League Baseball shone brightly. The Dogs, who had already secured second place in the first season, faced the Ehime Mandarin Pirates in their final game. In the second inning, the Dogs allowed a home run and a sacrifice fly, putting Ehime behind by two runs. The Dogs scored one run due to an opponent's error, making the score 1-2 in the bottom of the third inning with two outs and a runner on first base. At the plate was Garcia, a 28-year-old Dominican player who had previously played in Major League Baseball and had hit a home run off Shohei Ohtani during his time with the Athletics. He hit a sweet curveball on the first pitch into the right field stands, successfully taking the lead. He then hit another home run in the sixth inning, his second consecutive home run. This was Garcia's 18th home run of the season, and incredibly, in the final game of the first half of the season, he tied the league's single-season home run record. After that, thanks to good relief pitching from young pitchers such as 20-year-old Takagaki and 19-year-old Fujita, they finished their first season with a victory. Garcia Delmis: "I'm very happy to have tied the home run record. I want to do my best in the next season as well." Sasaki Tomu (Manager): "I think we've become a team with no weaknesses, but there are still areas where we're lacking and areas where our awareness is insufficient, so I think this season was a good opportunity to build momentum for the second half of the season." Here is the standings. The Dogs finished their first season in second place. They were just one game behind first-place Tokushima, just one step away from the championship. The Dogs' second season opener is on July 29th, an away game against Ehime. Their home opener is on July 31st, at Nippon Totter Baseball Stadium against Kagawa. Let's look forward to them winning the championship in the second season.