Japanese schoolgirl makes professional baseball debut.

From Breitbart:

OSAKA, March 27 (AP) - (Kyodo)—High school student Eri Yoshida became the first Japanese woman to face male professional players in her pitching debut with the Kobe 9 Cruise in the season opener of the inaugural Kansai independent league Friday.

The 17-year-old Yoshida, who boasts a sidearm knuckleball in her arsenal of pitches, came on in the ninth inning as the second pitcher with a 5-0 lead over the Osaka Gold Villicanes and worked one-third of an inning, walking one and striking out a batter swinging at Kyocera Dome.

She walked the first batter leading off the inning on four pitches and allowed a stolen base before fanning the next batter in a nine-pitch outing of the 5-0 win.

"I wasn't thinking about anything but just going out there and giving it my all," Yoshida said. "I think this was a bad result but the stadium is great and the fans were really cheering me on. I want to be able to pitch more innings and become a pitcher who can be relied upon."