◆Pre-season game Rakuten Eagles and Lotte (4th, Shizuoka)

pitcher Jackson, who joined from DeNA, started for the third time in an external game, pitching four innings and allowing no hit and no runs.

The right-hander had 1 runs in 9 inning in a total of 3 games, but on this day, he threw 69 pitches by the 4th inning. His fastball, which recorded a maximum speed of 151 km/h, was powerful, but he didn't seem to be convinced that he couldn't make a pitch ahead of strike. In particular, he often went in from the first pitch and the ball, and he smiled bitterly at the Japanese, saying, "Please strike the first pitch." "I made a disadvantageous count because it was difficult to control the straight, and I want to do it well next time," he said.