Orix Buffaloes pitcher Shumpeita Yamashita (23) recorded a top speed of 154 km/h in the first live batting practice (a simulated game) of the Miyazaki camp on the 15th. Mixing fastballs and curves, he threw 20 pitches, only hit two hits. "I'm in the stage of trying out various possibilities. I threw some good pitches, so now it's just a matter of increasing the probability of hitting them," he reflected.

He even got a strikeout from new foreign player Seymour with a fastball. "hitter responded well, but I felt like I still needed that extra push. I'd like to fix the issues that came up today and keep working hard," he said, looking ahead to the future.