Professional baseball Nippon-Ham will hold a practice match with a Korean team on the 9th at a campsite in Okinawa, and pitcher Taikai Ito, who has been selected as a representative of Japan for the WBC = World Baseball Classic, will be the first actual game at the camp. He pitched and dismissed the first inning with three people, showing a good adjustment.
On the 9th, a practice match against Korean professional baseball team Samsung was held at Nippon-Ham's 1st army camp in Nago City, Okinawa Prefecture.
Pitcher Ito, who has been selected by Nippon-Ham to represent Japan in the WBC, took the mound as the third pitcher in the fourth inning, and pitched for the first time in a real match at camp.
In the inning pitched by pitcher Ito, the official ball of the WBC was specially used, and in the match against the first batter, after taking a foul with a fastball that has the power to break the opponent's bat, he struck out a whiff. I was.
The 2nd ball followed with a third grounder, and the 3rd ball was driven in and dropped to the left fly.
Pitcher Ito threw 14 pitches in one inning and held them down with 3 players, perfect content, showing a smooth adjustment for the WBC.
Pitcher Ito reflected, "I was able to throw a powerful ball, and I was able to control it to some extent, so I think it was a good first match."
Ahead of the Japan national team's training camp in Miyazaki City from the 17th of this month, he said, "I want to use the bullpen to check for falling balls and other things, and I want to make sure I don't get hurt."