Hideki Irabu made his first appearance for the Kochi Fighting Dogs in an exhibition game against Shikoku Ginko on Wednesday.

Irabu entered the game in the 4th and tossed a shut-out inning.

Shikoku Ginko won the game, 3-0.

Irabu's final line:
1 IP, 5 BF, 15 NP, 1 H, 1 BB, 0 K, 0 R

=== Update 8/20 @ 6:35am JST

The one hit he gave up was a double to the lead-off batter.

Irabu is also slated to start in a game against the Ehime Mandarin Pirates on the 23rd at Kochi.