Lotte's Atsuki Taneichi started in a game against Nippon-Ham minor league team on the 10th, throwing a season-high 5 innings and 72 pitches, and closer the runs.

Taneichi commented, "First of all, I think the most important thing is that I was able to throw the target number of pitches, and that was good. There were no problems with the power output either, so now I just want to make sure I'm in good shape to pitch in the first team."

In his second appearance on the mound in a minor league game, Taneichi threw 72 pitches over 5 innings, hit 2 hits, strike out BB, and giving up no runs.