Masanao Yoshida of the Red Sox, a Japanese national team of the WBC = World Baseball Classic, hit a hit from a good pitcher in the last batting practice before joining the national team.
Yoshida had his last practice before joining the national team at the Red Sox camp in Fort Myers, Florida on the 1st.
In the actual batting practice, he played against left-handed pitcher Sale, who has won the title of most strikeouts twice.
Although Yoshida showed a painful expression, he entered the second at bat and hit the second pitch with a strong liner and showed a hit to the left.
After that, I played against a right-handed pitcher with a minor league contract in two at-bats, became a first grounder and a short grounder, and played against Sale pitcher again.
In the 5th at-bat, he fell to the third ground ball, but in the 6th at-bat, he stuck to 7 pitches and chose a four-ball, demonstrating his good eye for ball selection.
After practice, Yoshida commented, "It was my first time participating in a training camp in the United States, and I made many new discoveries. I was able to spend a very meaningful time. When I return to Japan, I will wear the Samurai Japan uniform and become the best in the world." I would like to work hard with the members towards this."
Yoshida will leave America for Japan on the 2nd.