◆ Despite a four-point lead, they lost the game... Hiramatsu: "I never expected Hernandez and Sugiyama to end up in this situation."

Softbank suffered a 4-7 loss in the third game of the season against Lotte on the 30th, becoming the first team in the club's history to lose three consecutive home games. The starter will be returning to the Japan baseball world for the first time in two years Naoyuki Uwasawa He pitched a hit through the fourth inning, and in the fifth, he gave up a solo Home Run to Soto, but he closer the rest of the inning to earn the winning pitcher of the game. With one out and the bases loaded in the seventh, Hernandez walked mound with struck out Toshiya Sato on a wild pitch to load the bases, but Hernandez replaced him with RBI singles to Polanco and Hiromi Oka to tie the game. In the eighth inning, Kazuki Sugiyama went 1 runs and in the ninth, Shuto Ogata went 2 runs, and Uezawa's first win since the transfer was also deposited.

Masatsugu Hiramatsu, who appeared on Fuji TV ONE's "Professional baseball News 2025" broadcast on the 30th, commented on Uesawa's pitch, "Coming from another place to pitch makes you feel quite anxious and tense, but he has worked hard for Nippon-Ham up until now, so I think he has the mental composure to do that. The content was excellent, and it's not that Uesawa is in bad shape. I think he'll win if he pitches from now on."

When Tsutomu Iwamoto questioned the pitching strategy, saying, "The way he got two outs in the seventh inning was the struck out, but he moved on to the transfer pitch there, and it is said that the transfer pitch is an eternal theme, but in light of the reality that Hernandez was hit by Polanco, what was the psychology of the pitcher in that scene and Uezawa?" Mr. Hiramatsu replied, "The pitcher you are throwing is the one that follows the bench's plan. Naturally, even if the coach comes out and says that he will be replaced, reliever I know the contents of the lineup, so I think that Hernandez and Sugiyama will do their best next time, with the work done so far," he speculated on Uezawa's psychology, "Hernandez is extremely fast and irregular, so he doesn't get hit that much, but there is a god-like hitter like Oka, and the timing was perfect. I couldn't believe that Hernandez and Sugiyama would be in this state. But if you've been doing baseball for a long time, this kind of thing will happen."

Iwamoto said, "Watching, pitcher looked fired up. It made me think about a lot of things," and Hiramatsu showed his understanding, saying, "It wasn't the difficulty of the relief pitching, but the bench fit in neatly today. It's tough to do, though." Iwamoto nodded, saying, "Hernandez and Polanco. It's a natural strategy."

☆ Cooperation: Fuji TV ONE "Professional baseball News 2025"