Baseball U18 Japan National Team Sasaki is pitching practice every day, August 23, 16:31

The training match was canceled due to rain at the Japan National Team training camp for the World Cup for baseball players under 18 years old. Adjusted.

This is a training camp for the Japanese national team for the World Cup under the age of 18 that will open in Korea on the 30th of this month. A practice game with a college student was scheduled on the 23rd, but it was canceled due to rain. We prepared a light menu for about 3 hours.

Among them, pitcher Sasaki of Ofunato practiced bunting and batting, and then confirmed that he was working with infielders, such as fighting to the second base.

Then on the 22nd, he entered the bullpen, and while watching over Yuji Nagata and many professional baseball scouts, he sat down with a catcher and threw about 20 balls with a force of 60% to 70%.

At the end of the pitching practice, Aichi and Toho High School player Ishikawa Yuya, who won the spring season, stood in the batter box on the right and checked the ball trajectory.

Sakashita “Team atmosphere is getting better”

“The atmosphere of the team is getting better,” said Takuya Nakagawa, who was the captain of last year's Asian championship. "I want to put together a team so that everyone can go to the same goal of being the best in the world."

Pitcher Sasaki "I want to do my best in the role I have been given"

Iwate Ofunato High School pitcher Aki Sasaki said, “I couldn't play the game, but I tried a variety of ball types with the bullpen and reviewed the basics. I wanted to do my best in the role. "

Director Nagata "I wanted to play the game but it was inevitable because it was raining"

Yuji Nagata said, “I wanted to play the game but it was unavoidable because it was raining. Pitcher Sasaki wanted me to throw it with a bullpen, so I decided to throw it with the number of balls. I wanted to find out. "