Orix Buffaloes pitcher Hiroya Miyagi (24) vowed to redeem himself with a brilliant performance on the 30th. He made his third consecutive opening day pitcher against Rakuten Eagles on the 27th (Kyocera Dome), but was pulled after 1 2/3 innings, tying his worst performance of both seasons, having given up 8 runs. Without any break, he is scheduled to mound again. He is scheduled to start against Seibu Lions on April 2nd (Belluna Dome) after a five-day rest. He declared his determination to win with words befitting an ace.

"We can't pretend the opening game never happened, but we'll try to forget about it in a good way. I want to contribute to the team winning." On this day, he practiced pitcher with new foreign player Jerry and others at Maishima in Osaka. "I'm grateful for the expectations placed on me, and I have to respond with results," he said, showing his sense of responsibility.

He has only pitched in two games since returning from the WBC, increasing his pitch count in stages of 31 and 56 pitches. runs Yakult runs win pitcher The last time he pitched in the WBC was against DeNA (Kyocera D) on June 11, 2011, when he made his first appearance in the WBC. He will start over in style. （The first game of the season was a 5-0 loss to the Dodgers in the series finale.)