On the 24th, the Japan National Baseball Team of the Tokyo Olympics played a warm-up game with professional baseball, Rakuten and Sendai City, and starting pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto showed a good finish with no runs in the second inning, but the batting line lacked connection after the middle stage. I lost 3 to 5.
As for the Japanese national team, the two games of the Olympic qualifying league starting on the 28th of this month both started at noon, so the warm-up game on the 24th started at the same noon to get used to the harsh heat.
Japan made a chance of bases loaded with no outs by hitting in a row at one time, and 3 points with 5th Rakuten, Hideto Asamura's timely hit in front of the light, 7th Nippon-Ham, Kensuke Kondoh's sacrifice fly, etc. Was preempted.
Starting pitcher Orix, 22 years old, pitcher Yamamoto showed a good finish with no runs and no runs, with one hit twice while interweaving forkballs with a straight of 150 km at the fastest.
After this, the second pitcher, Nobuhito Morishita, who was 23 years old in Hiroshima, and the third pitcher, Hanshin and Koyo Aoyagi, both scored and were caught up.
Then, the fourth Softbank, Kodai Senga, invited a two-out bases loaded pinch with a walk in the 8th inning, which was the second inning, and Rakuten's Dixon repelled a 154km straight in front of the center. Two points were won.
After the second inning, he advanced the runner to the scoring position, but lost the connection and lost 3 to 5.
Also, due to the discomfort of the right flank, Yuki Yanagita of Softbank, who continues to make adjustments on another menu, did not participate in the game on the 24th.
Yamamoto "I want to practice one day carefully from here"
After the match, pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto recalled, "I tried various patterns of ball distribution. There were good and bad balls, but I was able to confirm various things, so I think it was good content."
On top of that, regarding measures for foreign athletes for the Olympics, "I think there are some zones that I'm not good at. I have a habit of swinging, so I'd like to take a closer look at that area. The part has come out concretely. I will cherish the day from here and practice. "
Senga "I saw how I can make the most of it now"
After the match, pitcher Kodai Senga said, "For better or worse, I learned a lot about myself from the pitching content. There was a lot of power and mess on this kind of stage after a long time, but among them, how to make use of me now. I think I could see that there are various things. "
After the match, he threw about 40 pitches with a bullpen to check the pitching form. "I want to do it while looking at what I can do. Anyway, it is important for the team to go up to the mound and keep it to zero. I think it's a good thing, so I want to spend an important time so that I can do it. "
Director Inaba "Athletes will reflect on this."
Director Atsunori Inaba commented on the fact that he couldn't score after the second inning. I was positively thinking.
Regarding pitchers Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Masato Morishita, who will be the starting pitchers at the Olympics, "I was throwing a good ball. It seems that the amount of change is slightly different because the ball is different, so I will respond firmly by practicing from here. I think they will do it. "
And for the warm-up game with the giant on the 25th, which is the last actual battle before the performance, "I want to change the batting order a little while checking the player's condition. I will think about making batting lines while moving the batting order. "