Oregon infielder Rikuu Nishida goes viral on Twitter after hitting his first profession house run over the weekend to assist the Ducks full a four-game sweep of San Diego, however it’s his method on the plate that has folks surprised.
The junior from Japan put the Ducks on the board first with a solo house run within the first inning of Sunday’s recreation, an reverse area homer off a pitch from sophomore righty Morgan Luceford.
Oregon Ducks hats line the dugout through the PAC12 Baseball Tournament on May 25, 2022, in Scottsdale, Arizona. (Zac BonDurant/Icon Sportswire through Getty Images)
The spectacular feat was made even higher by the truth that Nishida opted for a wood bat.
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“So good, so good,” Nishida mentioned of his first profession house run, through the group’s web site. “Yes, it was my first time hitting a house run since I got here right here. It was enjoyable.”
While Major League Baseball requires gamers to make use of wood bats, collegiate gamers have the choice to decide on however often go for metallic bats for quite a lot of causes.
A junior faculty switch from Mt. Hood Community College, Nishida was a two-time ABCA/Rawlings Pacific Association Division All-America choice.
Second baseman Rikuu Nishida (Reuters)
He additionally performed summer time ball within the Cape Cod Baseball League the place he led the league in stolen bases (28) and was named a CCBL All-Star.
Oregon went on to hit two extra solo house runs in Sunday’s 5-1 win over San Diego to brush the sequence.
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