Let's go Peking!

Today, Japanese baseball varsity played Korean baseball varsity. To run in Peking Olympic, Japan cannot lose. The bottom of the ninth inning, Japan took a 4-3 lead. Hoshino manager changed pitcher Iwase for Uehara. Hitoki Iwase is Chunichi Doragons's absolute closer. He recorded over 40 save three years in a low. His winning shot is high speed slider. Koji Uehara is Yomiuri Giants's closer. 1999, his rookie year, he won 20 games as a starter. But in 2007, he convert into a closer, because he has great control and a many kind of forkball. Because of grip, forkball is very difficult for control but he can throw sinker-fork, slider-fork, knuckle-fork, small drop fork to fix a count, big drop fork to get strikeout. Moreover, Uehara is strong in international game. In international game, he didn't lose yet. By his sure relieve, Japan get won. By this victory, Peking became near.