Hiroshima pitcher Nobuhito Morishita avoids pitching in the second game of the season, strained right elbow. After having surgery on his right elbow a year ago, pitcher MorISHita returned midway through last season and won nine games, second on the team.
He started the exhibition game against Softbank on the 23rd of this month and was not doing well, giving up 5 runs in 3 innings, and complained of tightness in hisright elbow after pitching. The starting pitcher for the secondGame of the Season will be Takumi Kurohara, a third-year left-handed pitcher.