Alessandro Maestri started into his Japanese adventures last weekend. He appeared in two games according to the report by Baseball.it. The Italian right-hander struck out two to close out a 3-2 win of the Kagawa Olive Guyners over the Kochi Fighting Dogs. One day later he induced two groundouts and a flyout in a 10-3 victory. The Ehime Mandarin Pirates will be their next opponents this weekend.