Major League Baseball pitcher Hirokazu Sawamura pitched in relief in an open match against Athletics in Fort Myers, Florida on the 30th, throwing one and no runs.
Pitcher Sawamura climbed from the 6th to the 4th and was hit from the 1st out, but after hitting the next batter with a foul fly to the catcher, the first base runner was out with a restraint and no goal was scored in the 1st. It was replaced by holding it down.
In the previous pitching, he dropped out with 5 runs in less than one pitch, but this time he recorded the hold for the first time in the open game by holding down one pitch with only 10 pitches.
Pitcher Sawamura said, "I threw it with the tempo in mind. It will start in about a week, and the team is improving, so I want to bring it to better conditions."