Orix Buffaloes Kosei Yoshida pitcher mound He got off to a good start, striking out 3 in 1 strike out inning.
Ishikawa, the first batter, struck out out looking on the sixth pitch after full count. Sugimoto followed, hitting a fly ball to left field on the second pitch after one strike. Yokoyama Kiyoshi grounded out to shortstop on the sixth pitch after a full full count.
On this day, Kuri, the starting pitcher for the White team, pitched two innings, allowing one hit and no runs, strike out two. Jerry, the starting pitcher for the Red team, pitched one inning, allowing no hit and strike out one, and both got off to a good start in their first game of 2012.
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