[Orix Buffaloes] Kosei Yoshida, who is aiming to return from Tommy John surgery on his right elbow, will pitch in a real game for the first time in 511 days... starting line-up the Red-White game announced

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Orix Buffaloes 's Kosei Yoshida

Orix Buffaloes Kosei Yoshida pitcher (25) will return to the mound as a reliever in the red and white game on the 21st. In March 25, he underwent Tommy John surgery on his right elbow and did not pitch in the first team for the first time in his 7th year as a professional. After overcoming a year of rehabilitation, he will be on the mound of the actual game for the first time in 511 days since the Rakuten Eagles match (Rakuten Eagles Mobile on September 28, 24). The starting pitcher for the white team is Kuri, and the starting pitcher for the red team is Jerry, a new foreigner. Both will be the first actual battles in 26 years. The following is the starting line-up of the red and white match.

[White Team]

Number 1, first baseman Nakagawa

2nd batter, third baseman Nishino

No. 3 DH Seymour

Number 4, right fielder Kita

No. 5, shortstop: Noguchi

No. 6, catcher Fukunaga

Number 7, left fielder Ikeda

Number 8, second baseman Oshiro

Number 9, center fielder Watanabe

pitcher kuri

[Red Team]

First baseman, third baseman Hirooka

Second batter, left fielder Nishikawa

No. 3 catcher Moritomo

Number 4/DH Sugimoto

No. 5, shortstop: Kiyoshi Yokoyama

Number 6, first baseman Yamanaka

No. 7, center fielder Mugitani

No. 8, second base: Sugisawa

Number 9, right fielder Hiranuma

pitcher Jerry

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[Orix Buffaloes] Kosei Yoshida, who is aiming to return from Tommy John surgery on his right elbow, will pitch in a real game for the first time in 511 days... starting line-up the Red-White game announced