Professional baseball Hiroshima played a practice game with DeNA in Ginowan City, Okinawa Prefecture on the 22nd, and pitcher Ryoji Kuribayashi, who was the rookie of last year's rookie, entered the actual battle for the first time this season and completely suppressed one inning.
Pitcher Kuribayashi, who pitched in the 8th inning in the game on the 22nd, stopped the first DeNA player Keito Mori with three strikeouts with only a straight, and the following two batters also struck out with a powerful straight and a second fly. I struck out.
Pitcher Kuribayashi made a straight decision and kept one inning to zero with just nine balls, appealing to his perfect condition.
Pitcher Kuribayashi said, "I'm glad I was able to compete with the batter in advance of the strike. I was particular about the result, but today the content was good, so I want to make use of it next time."
After the match, coach Sasaoka also said, "I'm glad that pitcher Kuribayashi is doing well, straight and the fork has fallen today."