Major League Baseball's Padres pitchers Yu Darvish and Hiroki Matsui both entered the bullpen and practiced pitching on the 13th.
Pitchers Darvish and Matsui, who are participating in the Padres' camp in Peoria, Arizona, entered the bullpen and practiced pitching for the first time during the camp on the 13th.
Of these, pitcher Darvish threw 22 pitches, including breaking balls such as splits and curveballs.
His fastest ball speed was around 153km/h.
Pitcher Darvish said, ``I'm glad he moved his body and ran the ball.He's doing his best right now, so I think he's ready to throw in a game anytime.''
In addition, pitcher Matsui, who practiced pitching next to pitcher Darvish, threw 37 pitches while being aware of the ``pitch clock,'' a time limit between pitches that does not exist in professional baseball.
Pitcher Matsui said, ``I think I lost focus on pitching because I was too conscious of the seconds on the pitch clock,'' and then, looking back on his first bullpen game of camp, he said, ``I was nervous.It's said that I pitched nervously in the Japanese bullpen. "I didn't have anything to worry about, so it was a good stress relief, and I think it's a good step toward the actual competition," he said with satisfaction.