On March 2nd, the "2026 World Baseball Classic™ Tokyo Pool presented by DIP Training Match" took place at Kyocera Dome Osaka Orix Buffaloes off against the Japan national team. Let's take a look back at the players' performances.

Tomoyuki Sugano, making his first appearance in a training match, hit two hitless innings, while Yuki Matsumoto also pitched a runs relief pitcher.

Samurai Japan's starter Yusei Kikuchi pitcher suffered 3 runs in the first inning, and the 2nd place Atsuki Taneichi pitcher is also 2 hit 1 runs per time. Still, Tomoyuki Kanno pitcher in third place retired the bottom of the sixth inning with three outs, and then in the bottom of the seventh, he retired with three outs. In his first appearance in the warm-up game, he showed off his pitch with two hit 1 Walk 1 strike out runs no .

​Yuki Matsumoto pitcher, who took the mound in the bottom of the eighth, also hit the follow-up while being hit by Seymour with hit two outs and was firmly runs. Following February 23rd and 27th, they have been runs pitch clean sheets in three consecutive games.

Masataka Yoshida hits a home run at his former team's home field Kenya Wakatsuki, who came in as a substitute, also makes his presence felt with his batting.

The batting line was unable to give up runner until the 4th inning. It was Masataka Yoshida who broke the silence. In the top of the 5th inning, with one out and no runner, Alen Kuri pitcher perfectly captured the cutter thrown by from count 1-1. The ball that went up at a good angle became a solo Home Run that pierced the middle of the left stand. Yoshida scored hit in the following third at-bat, showing his strengths in a familiar ballpark.

​Kenya Wakatsuki, who started from defense in the bottom of the sixth, took the first at-bat in the top of the eighth inning with two outs and first base, and bounced back the fifth pitch from count 3-1. The batted ball broke through the right center and was doble at the right time to close to two runs. He showed a blow that took advantage of the small opportunity.

Orix Buffaloes win the Samurai 4-3. Yusuke Mugitani and Keita Nakagawa each recorded two hit.

The Orix Buffaloes batting lineup, which win against Samurai Japan, attacked the start of the opponent's starter, Yusei Kikuchi pitcher. Yusuke Mugitani players and Ryo Ota players scored 1 out on 1st and 3rd base with hit, and Yutaro Sugimoto players and Tomoya Mori players scored 2 runs with consecutive timely hits. After that, infield added 1 run between grounders and scored 3 runs from the first inning.

In the bottom of the 5th inning, Keita Nakagawa and Mugiya scored the 4th run with consecutive hits. The team scored a total of 9 hit 4 goals, with Mugiya and Nakagawa scoring 2 hit.

In the pitcher lineup, starter Naruki Teranishi pitcher and second runner Daiki Tajima pitcher each had two perfect innings. After the 5th inning, he suffered 3 runs, but managed to escape.