
On the 14th, Nippon-Ham held a joint Red-White game between their first and second teams at their first-team training camp in Nago. pitcher Leo Shibata (19) pitched in the fourth inning as the third reliever for the Whites. He allowed doble to Fujimori, but pitched one inning, allowing only one hit and no runs, strike out, and reaching a top speed of 151 km/h. Until the day before, he had expressed concern about his form breaking down, but he revealed, "I feel like I was able to fix it in bullpen (before pitching). (Until the day before) my body didn't seem to rotate properly. But now it's starting to move smoothly. My hip rotation and everything else seems to be working well." While he can't say he's fully recovered, he said, "I feel like I'm just about on track (for passing grade?)."