◆ Pacific League Nippon-Ham 3-1 Softbank (ESCON)
Softbank After the game, Kokubo mentioned Nippon-Ham and Kengo Yoshida, who hit their first solo shots over the right field wall in the 7th inning. He said, "It's more amazing to hit home run against that team (opponent) after transferring to them for the first time starting line-up. It wasn't such a bad pitch." He praised the 24-year-old, who was drafted in the current draft. Fujii, who was hit by a pitch, hit three struck out in a row from the next hitter. The coach said, "It (home run) wasn't such a bad pitch. It was a pitch that could have been a foul. The pitch was good after that, too.
From the second through the seventh inning, the Yankees were in scoring position for six consecutive inning runner while scoring only one run on an RBI single by Imamiya in the sixth. The gears of the pitching didn't mesh, and they fell to 1-4 from the start of the season. "We're just getting started," Kokubo said with a dry expression.
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