◆ Pacific League Seibu vs. Lotte (8th, Belluna Dome)
Seibu starter Mitsunari Takahashi pitcher left the game after 89 pitches runs four hit three innings in five innings. They conceded mound in the tie and did not win or lose for the first time in two years.
In the first inning, with two outs, Fujiwara hit a 154 km/h doble that dropped in front of left fielder for a double, then Soto was Hit by Pitch by a pitch, leaving runners on first and second with two outs. Polanco then hit a single to right field, giving up the first run.
He was hit doble by a pitch with two outs in the second inning, but didn't allow a run. He retired three batters for the first time in the third inning, closer allowed back-to-back hitter bases loaded in the fourth and fifth innings, but got through all of them with no runs. The fastest time of the day was 154 km/h.
Last season, he appeared in 15 games, but failed to win a single game from the start of the season, going 0-11. In his first start of the season, on March 30 against Nippon-Ham (Berna D), he gave up all six runs, including a Home Run in two consecutive at-bats against Nomura, and was removed from the game in the fifth inning at 7 hit 6 runs. After the match, he and Yuto Koga catcher jokingly described it as "a fistfight (laughs)," and aimed for their first win in 576 days since September 10, 2023, but it was postponed to the next time.
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