29-year-old Dutch reliever Loek van Mil has made his debut in Nippon Professional Baseball. The tall right-hander entered a game for the Rakuten Eagles against the Seibu Lions this weekend. He retired the three batters he faced. In his first season in Japan, he appeared in 26 games for the Minor League team, accumulating an ERA of 4.68. Andruw Jones hit a home run in the same game.