Otani Shohei scored 6 RBIs in a single game.

(Sankei Shimbun)

[Sports Center/Comprehensive Report] The Japanese Samurai team played against the Hanshin Tigers in the warm-up match of the classic match. Led by Shohei Otani with 6 RBIs in a single game, they defeated the Hanshin Tigers 8:1 and won the victory.

Japanese samurai lineup welcomes Shohei Otani, Lars Nootbaar, and Masamori Yoshida to return to the team today. The three of them will also perform immediately. The well-timed hit knocked back the first point, and then Shohei Otani knelt and blasted Hiroto Saiki's low cross, helping Japan take a 4-0 lead.

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The Hanshin Tigers immediately responded with a home run in the next half of the inning. The main outfielder Koji Kinmoto faced Yushin Yamamoto and knocked out the right fielder Yang Chunpao to recover 1 point.

Yoshinobu Yamamoto started today with 50 pitches in 3 innings, 4 hits, 4 strikeouts and 1 run without a walk.

The Japanese Samurai went on the offensive again in the 5th inning. Shohei Otani hit the first and second bases again with 2 outs. He got the second home run in a single game and scored 6 RBIs. After being sent back by Masakayo Yoshida's deep left field hit, the Japanese Samurai scored 4 points again.

Otani Shohei scored 6 RBIs in a single game.

(Sankei Shimbun)

Today, the Japanese Samurai mainly played mainly major league hitters. Nutebar had 3 at-bats and 2 hits, 1 RBI and 1 run back, and was struck out 1 time. 6 RBI and 2 RBI were also struck out once, and Yoshida Masaka had 3 hits, 1 hit and 1 RBI and was struck out 2 times.

Except for the major league hitters, the only Samurai in Japan were Sosuke Genda, who hit three hits in a single game, and Kensuke Kondo, who had 3 hits and 1 hit, but got 2 walks and 3 hits, and ran back 2 points.

The Japanese Samurai took over from Yoshinobu Yamamoto pitching Keiji Takahashi and was hit 2 hits in 3 innings and sent 4 strikeouts without scoring. Hiroki Matsui, who had performed poorly before, stabilized today. 1K.

Yuasa Kyoji hit 1K in 3 ups and 3 downs without losing a point, and Ryori Kuribayashi shot 3 ups and 3 downs in 1 round of 2K without losing a point.

The best pitcher for the Hanshin Tigers today was Junya Nishi, who came off the bench. He pitched 7K in 4 innings without a walk, and only allowed 2 hits and no points.

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