At the Nippon-Ham professional baseball team's camp in Okinawa Prefecture, a Red and White game was held, the earliest of the 12 teams, and the starting pitcher, Yufu Nemoto, a fourth-year professional pitcher, pitched two innings and gave up no runs for the first time. We achieved excellent results in actual battles.
At the Nippon Ham camp held in Nago City, Okinawa Prefecture, the first Red and White match was held on the third day.
The starting pitcher was Nemoto, who was selected for the Japan national team consisting mainly of young players last year and contributed to their victory in the international tournament, and pitched mainly fastballs in the first inning, limiting him to one hit.
In the second inning on the mound, he got a strikeout using the fork ball he had been honing since last season's off-season, and pitched two innings, giving up three hits and no runs, showing his potential to be included in the starting rotation.
Pitcher Nemoto said, ``I'm glad that I was hitting the zone with both fastballs and breaking balls on the third day of camp.I want to be in the starting rotation this year, so I want to keep putting pressure on myself.'' I was talking.