The 2026 World Baseball Classic™ Tokyo Pool presented by DIP training match took place on March 3rd, featuring Hanshin Tigers versus the Japan national team. Let's take a look back at the players' performances.

Seiya Suzuki hit a home run to open the scoring, and Kensuke Kondo had two consecutive hit, including a timely hit.

Seiya Suzuki, No. 3, came to bat with two outs in the top of the 1st inning. count From 2-1, Masashi Ito pitcher threw the fourth pitch, an outside fastball corner, and swung sharply. The perfect pitch hit a solo Home Run ball into the fifth floor seats in the left field stands. Suzuki also gave up a RBI on a ground ball with one out and three on in the top of the 6th inning, making it 1 hit 2 RBI.

In the 3rd inning. Sosuke Genda Suzuki's Walk and Yuhei Nakamura's sacrifice bunt produced an opportunity with one out and two runners on base. Shohei Ohtani grounded out to end the inning with two outs and a runner on third, but the second baseman, Yuhei Nakamura, came up with a brilliant return to the plate. Kensuke Kondo Kondo then got a brilliant pitcher return center fielder to the front of the lineup. Kondo also hit a hit single in the third inning.

In the top of the 7th inning, Kazuma Okamoto's Walk and Masanao Yoshida's hit created good opportunities, and Shota Morishita's timely hit added two runs. This game marked a total of 6 hit 5 runs scored.

Four pitcher from Chunichi took to the mound! pitcher allowed only two hit and no runs through the seventh inning.

Starter Hiroto Takahashi pitcher pitched 23 pitches hit 1 Hit by Pitch 3 strike out no runs in 2 innings, and Yumeto Kanemaru pitcher also pitched 31 pitches in 3 innings with 1 hit 1 Hit by Pitch 1 strike out runs. Chunichi 2 pitcher marked 0 on the scoreboard.

In the bottom of the 6th, Shoma Fujihira pitcher, and in the bottom of the 7th, a large number of pitcher connected dangerously, but in the bottom of the 8th, support member Chunichi Rea Nakachi pitcher 4 hit 1 Walk 4 runs. In the bottom of the ninth inning, when they were forced to score one run, fellow support member Chunichi Takashi Neo pitcher closed with a three-way retirement and escaped painfully.

Samurai Japan will finish with 4 wins and 2 losses in practice and warm-up matches and will face the first round of the "2026 WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC"™. To achieve consecutive championships since 2009, they will face the main tournament from the match against Chinese Taipei on Friday, March 6th.