For the WBC = World Baseball Classic, the players of the Japanese national team who are preparing in Miyazaki City made adjustments before the send-off games on the 25th and 26th, which will be their first real match after entering the national team training camp. rice field.

The Japanese baseball team, which is holding a training camp in Miyazaki City, will play a send-off match with Softbank on the 25th and 26th as part of their preparations for the WBC.



All practices were closed on the 24th, but the 9 pitchers scheduled to pitch in the send-off game, Yu Darvish of the Major League Baseball Padres, and Hodaka Yamakawa of Seibu made adjustments in the indoor practice field. rice field.



Of these, Lotte's pitcher Aki Sasaki, who will start on the 25th, warmed up with a relaxed expression and adjusted by playing catch.



When he was playing catch, he had the staff film his pitching form to check it, and he showed pitcher Darvish the video and asked for his opinion.



Nippon-Ham pitcher Taikai Ito, who will be pitching as a relief pitcher in the match on the 25th, was sweating while playing hard catch and getting knocked.



Sasaki said, "I had a movement in myself that I wanted to do, so I checked it with a video. Mr. Darvish also gave me his opinion that he thought it was a good form. I want to get off to a good start both as an individual and as a team. I want to do it."



Pitcher Ito was enthusiastic, saying, "I want to appeal tomorrow's game, not to adjust. It's a short inning, so I'm going to pitch with the feeling of keeping it to zero."