In the softball Japan league, Japanese national team ace Yukiko Ueno pitched well in the middle of the 9th inning with no runs, but he hurt his right flank and got off the mound.

The Japanese softball league will start on the 3rd, and the 15 players who have been nominated for the Japan Olympics will compete in the first half of next month as a place for the actual battle for the big stage with their team.



On the 4th, at the stadium in Amagasaki City, Hyogo Prefecture, Bic Camera, which won the league last season, played against Toyota Industries.



BicCamera's starting pitcher, Japan national team ace Ueno, struck out once with a powerful fastball.



After that, even if I put out a runner, I collected the balls on the out course and kept 3 hits up to 7 times without any runs.



Then, the match went into a tie-breaking extension with no points scored by both teams.



Pitcher Ueno politely struck the course and did not score, but he got off the mound with a painful gesture on his right flank in the 9th inning with 2 outs.



BicCamera lost 1-0 in the match.



Pitcher Ueno said about the situation of the injury, "I could just throw it, but I thought it was better not to overdo it. I don't know unless I go to the hospital, but I want to get rid of it."

He also said, "I want to fight for the Olympics so that I can feed myself, such as how much this league will be thrown in a pinch."