◆Exhibition game: The Giants 8-1 Nippon-Ham (March 15, Tokyo Dome)

Nippon-Ham lost an open game (Tokyo D) against The Giants on the 15th, 1-8. He started Kohei Arihara pitcher (33) and pitched 6 hit 5 runs innings, striking out 7 struck out in 97 pitches, taking a steady step toward a game against Lotte (ESCON) on the 31st, where he has been tentatively scheduled to start.

Calmly and calmly, Arihara looked back on his pitching of 97 pitches. 6 hit 5 runs and 7 strike out in the middle of the 6th inning. He was hit by a shot in the 4th and 5th innings, and reflected, "I put it in at the beginning, but as the inning progressed, I had the impression that there were more and more misses home run.

He also showed confidence in his vertical movement. fork and change-up were consistently low, and he said, "I think I was able to throw them in relatively good spots, so I want to continue that, and also improve cutter fastball, and two-two seam fastball." He also clearly identified areas for improvement for future sessions.

With only one more appearance remaining before his scheduled start against Lotte on the 31st, he said, "I think I'll be pitching again next time, so I hope I can throw a little faster then. But I'm not that fixated on speed. The season opener is approaching, so I want to show both my performance and results." He carefully takes each step and heads towards mound where he's been entrusted.