This practice game (16th March) turned out favourably for the Tigers 8-5. Mench shone driving in five runs on three hits. Kanemura though did not shine and in four innings of work gave up 3 runs on seven hits. He has more practice ahead of him. Imaoka, Okazaki (who is rapidly becoming the preferred no.2 catcher) and Sekimoto drove in a run each. Fukuhara reached 145 kph with his fastball but gave up two runs. Still very encouraging by the Tigers.