Practice Match: Samurai Japan vs. Lotte (7th, Sun Marine Stadium Miyazaki)

Lotte pitcher Yoshihide Takahashi (20) started a practice game against Samurai Japan on the 7th and was removed from the mound after pitching 3 innings, allowing 8 hits including 2 Home Runs, giving up 8 runs with 1 earned run.

In the first inning, after allowing a doble to Muneyama with one out to create a crisis, he got his teammate Nishikawa to fly out to right for the second out. He then induced a ground ball from Yamaguchi to short stop Ogawa, but Terachi was unable to catch the weak short bounce throw to first base. The play was recorded as an error by the short stop, allowing the runner to reach base, and immediately after, he gave up a three-run home run to Watanabe, resulting in five runs lost. In the second inning, with a runner on second and one out, Ogawa fumbled a ground ball to short stop. Immediately following that, he was hit with three timely hits, including one by his teammate Nishikawa, and was charged with one earned run.

Takahashi, a 20-year-old right-hander who joined Lotte as the second pick in the 2025 developmental draft. He made his professional debut this season, appearing in seven games and recording an ERA of 5.63.