“Samurai” Sasaki Akira makes a grand debut in the 4th inning with no runs, baseball national warm-up game | Iwate Nippo IWATE NIPPO

[Athletic club in Sapporo City, Takeshi Saito]On the 10th, the Japan national baseball team played a warm-up match against the Australian national team at the Sapporo Dome on the 9th, and won a complete victory 9-0. Kuriyama, who took office in December last year, led the top team to four consecutive wins, including the Nippon-Ham and Giants games on the 5th and 6th.

In the second inning, Shiomi (Yakult) scored two runs in a timely fashion, and in the third inning, Nakano (Hanshin) pushed out a walk. In the 6th and 7th innings, he added 1 point each with a sacrifice fly, and scored 3 points in the 9th inning. Five pitchers, including starting pitcher Aki Sasaki (Lotte, Ofunato High School), who had 4 hits in the 4th inning, kept no runs.

Murakami (Yakult), who hit a home run in three consecutive games until the 9th, was absent.

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For details, please see the Iwate Nippo article dated November 11.