◆ WBC warm-up match Orix Buffaloes and Japan (2nd, Kyocera Dome Osaka)

Orix Buffaloes ・Soichiro Yamazaki pitcher took the mound in the 8th inning in 5th place. It was 1 inning 1 hit 1 runs against the Samurai batting line.

He walked Maki, the first batter, but recovered by getting Genda to fly out to left field and Makihara to fly out to right field. However, Wakatsuki, who is also his teammate at Orix Buffaloes, hit a 147 km/h doble to right-center field for an RBI double, bringing the deficit to two runs. However, he struck out pinch hitter Nakamura to fly out to left field to prevent any additional runs.

Yamazaki was one of the members of the world's best team at the previous tournament in 2013. Although he was not victorious in the match between his "colleagues," he managed to get through with the fewest number of runs.