Hokkaido Nippon-Ham This was the first day of the fourth school day of the "2026 WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC™". After making adjustments on their own in the morning, the red-and-white game started at 1:00 p.m. with both Yi-Lei Sun pitcher and Ruei-Yang Gu Lin pitcher, who were selected to represent Taiwan in the "2026 WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC™," starting with the young players and pitching and hitting.

Both No. 4 hitters were immediately active in the first inning. With two outs and a stolen base on second base after Shun Mizutani Hit by Pitch and stole a base, Yuya Gunji batting first, had breaking ball from pitcher Son and a timely doble down the right field line to take the lead. Gunji has clearly been selected as the No. 4 hitter and third baseman for the opening game, and he is showing good progress. Meanwhile, Yuki Nomura, the Whites' No. 4 hitter, hit a timely doble over right fielder 's head to tie the game, making up for a defense error in the first inning with his bat.

Dora 1 rookie Jay Ohkawa pitcher took the mound as the second white group from the top of the third inning. Castro's hit and his own wild pitch led to a run from 2nd base with 2 outs, and Kotaro Kiyomiya 's timely doble gave up 1 run. Still, he hit the following Chusei Mannami player with a struck out and finished his debut.

The most appealing of the day was Sorato Kawakatsu pitcher who took three consecutive struck out. In the top of the 6th inning, the second-year high school graduate development right-hander, who took the white team's 5th position, took swinging outs breaking ball from Yuma Imagawa and Hiroki Tsuneya players, respectively. In the following inning against Tatsuki Mizuno player, he breaking ball drove in count 0-2, and finally finished him off with fastball 153 km/h, tied for the fastest of the day.

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