Lotte's Kaito Mori (Meiji University) is scheduled to start in the exhibition game against Seibu Lions on the 13th.

Mori commented through the team, "I think things are going well as inning are getting longer little by little. I want to keep attacking while getting ahead with strike. Last time, I hit a few hook pitches on the inside right, so I'd like to fix that and keep thinking about various things. Also, I feel like my pitching with runner on base is still a little unstable. I'd like to work on that this time."