Japan National Baseball National Team wins 2nd consecutive victory over European National Team, perfect game with 6 pitchers relay

On the night of the 7th, the Japanese national baseball team played a warm-up game against the European national team in preparation for an international tournament to be held in November this year, and won 2-0 with a six pitcher relay, completing a perfect game without allowing a single runner. I did.

The Japanese baseball team played against the European team on the 6th and on the night of the 7th at the Kyocera Dome Osaka in Osaka, as part of their efforts to strengthen their preparation for the Premier 12, an international tournament to be held this November.

In addition to the members who won last year's WBC = World Baseball Classic, four university students have been selected for the Japan national team, as coach Hirokazu Ibata places emphasis on development, and pitcher Yumeto Kanamaru of Kansai University is the starting pitcher. Did.

Kanemaru, a left-handed pitcher who is representative of the university baseball world, got off to a great start, setting up the count with a fastball of 151km/h, and after driving in, he used a breaking ball as the deciding pitch, resulting in two strikeouts and a three-man hit.

Immediately after, in the second inning, the batting line got one out on first and third base due to an error by the opponent and a walk, and DeNA's Yudai Yamamoto, who came in at No. 8, hit a sacrifice fly to get the runner on third base home, and they took the lead without a hit.

Pitcher Kanemaru had two strikeouts in the following two innings, pitching two innings, not allowing a single runner, and showing a high level of skill with only four strikeouts.

Starting in the third inning, Aichi Institute of Technology's right-handed pitcher, Yuto Nakamura, took the mound and threw his signature fastball, the fastest of which was 157km/h, and he also allowed no runs in the first inning, with no runners allowed.

After this, pitchers such as Seibu's pitcher Tomoichiro Sumida showed good pitching.

Aoyama Gakuin University's Fumiyo Nishikawa, who protects the center field, showed great defense by diving to catch a hit ball.

Japan scored one run in the 8th inning, and in the 9th inning, Lotte's pitcher Atsuki Taneichi held him down, completing a perfect game with a total of 6 pitchers without allowing a single runner, 2-0, representing Europe. won.

Japan has won two consecutive games in warm-up games.