On Wednesday, we learned that Samurai Japan will warm up for November’s Premier12 with two games against the darlings of the 2023 WBC Pool B round, the Czech Republic, while on the field the Carp played a little kids game against the Orix Buffaloes, and Seibu got a win for the Lions’ GM.

Wednesday’s games:

Lions 1, Dragons 0: At Nagoya Dome, Chihiro Sumida (3-4) struck out six without a walk, while allowing four hits over eight innings as Seibu won its first game under GM Hisanobu Watanabe, whose tenure as interim manager began Tuesday.

Takuya Hiruma‘s sixth-inning RBI infield single snapped Chunichi’s run of scoreless defensive innings at 32, as the Lions took a 1-0 lead against Shinnosuke Ogasawara (2-4). Albert Abreu allowed two runners in the ninth but started an inning-ending double play to secure his 10th save.