On the 3rd, Nippon-Ham Ruei-Yang Gu Lin Yi-Lei Sun national team, and Taiwan's treasure Sun Yi-lei took the mound in a live BP (batting practice similar to a real game) at the team's training camp in Nago, Okinawa.

Ruei-Yang Gu Lin threw a total of 20 pitches to five hitter, allowing no hit one Walk. He struck out Nishikawa with a fly ball to center field, Mamba with a grounder to first base, Mizutani with Walk to shortstop, Nishikawa with a walk, and Mamba with a fly ball to right field. His fastest pitch was 153 km/h.

Yi-Lei Sun threw 22 pitches with hitter 4 batters and 1 strike out 1 hit 2 walks Hit by Pitch. Mizutani Hit by Pitch, Nishikawa hit right-handed, swung Manami struck out, and Mizutani was Walk. The fastest was 152 km.

Two strong Taiwanese pitchers will stand in the way of the Samurai in their first WBC game against Japan on March 6th (Tokyo Dome).