◆Pre-season game Softbank Hawks 2-2 The Giants (10th, Ube)

Softbank Hawks pitcher Taiga Kamichatani closer the score at runs for three innings.

He took to mound as the third pitcher in the sixth inning, and used slider, change-up, and other breaking ball to keep The Giants batting line at bay. He walked Walk, but strike out three and hit. "I walked a lot of Walk, so my performance wasn't great," he said, but he played his role well.

During pitcher practice at Mizuho PayPay Dome on the 9th, he worked on improving fork. After talking with Uwasawa, he came up with the idea of releasing the ball without straightening his wrist, keeping in mind the shape of a cat's paw. He wanted to try it out in this game, but said, "I threw it quite a bit. But there were no swings and misses. I couldn't become a cat at all," indicating that it was a little different from what he had imagined. "It's no good. I need to practice," he said, continuing to experiment.