Professional baseball's MVP of the month for August was announced, and in the Central League, DeNA players won the award along with Bauer in the pitcher category and Hidego Maki in the batter category.

Central League Pitcher DeNA Bauer wins second award

The Central League's pitcher category was won by DeNA's Bauer for the second time since June.

Bauer started three of the six games in August in four days and threw a league-leading 6 innings, posting a 2-8 record and a 6.3 ERA.

Central League Hitter Division DeNA Maki 3rd Awards

In the batter category, Maki won the award for the third time, and in 3 games last month, he batted 26-for-3 with 6 doubles, 2 home runs, 7 RBI, and a 26-for-5 batting average.

This is the first time since July 5 that a DeNA player has won both the pitcher and batter categories at the same time.

Pacific League Pitcher Orix Miyagi Second Award

In the Pacific League pitcher category, Orix pitcher Daiya Miyagi won the award for the second time.

Miyagi started five games last month and showed outstanding consistency, going 2-5 with no losses, a 3.1 ERA and a league-leading 30 strikeouts.

Pacific League Hitter SoftBank Kondo Second Award

In the batter category, SoftBank's Kensuke Kondo won the award for the second time.

Last month, Kondo led the batting lineup with 2 hits, leading the league with a league-leading 31-for-3-6 batting average, 5 RBIs and seven home runs, becoming the first player in his 19th year as a professional to reach 7 home runs in a season.

Bauer: "It's been a good August"

Bauer, who won the award for the second time, said, "I'm really honored and happy to receive this award out there with so many good pitchers. I think it was a good August."

Regarding the condition of the muscle near the hip joint of his right leg, which he hurt during a game on 2 last month, he said, "I don't have any pain, so I want to work on recovery and rehabilitation so that I can return as soon as possible. I was talking.

In addition, MAKI Hidego, who won the award for the third time since May last year, said, "Despite losing in July, we were able to enter the tournament in a good way both as an individual and as a team from the beginning, while we tried to do our best as a team in August."

Regarding the fact that he played in 8 games in August and showed his competitive strength with 30 RBIs, he said, "I am particular about RBIs and have been able to surpass last year's numbers at this point, so I want to build on them little by little.