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Softbank 's Jun Maeda started against The Giants on the 11th, pitching 1 2/3 innings and 59 pitches, allowing 5 hit, 4 Hit by Pitch, and 6 runs, and was knocked out, suffering his second loss.

Maeda gave up a Hit by Pitch to Rakuto Wakabayashi with one out in the first inning and no runner with two outs, then got Yoshihiro Maru to Walk and allowed Yukimichi Kishida to bounce a first-pitch curveball to center fielder in front of him. He would have liked to get through with the least runs, but he gave Riku Masuda a Walk and bases loaded and then hit Hayato Sakamoto with a fastball on the first pitch of the game for three RBI doble. Maeda was 0-4 in the second inning when he was hit by a two-run RBI single by Kishida with two outs bases loaded.

Kudo Kimiyasu, who served as special guest commentator on the Nippon Broadcasting System Show Up Nighter Softbank vs. The Giants broadcast on the 11th, reflected on the game, saying, "Today he just couldn't control himself, so I think he felt like he wasn't using his body properly, but when you're pitching over a long season, these kinds of times come along. You have to reflect on it, but you can't let it drag you down in a weird way. Instead of thinking about why you can't move well, practice while thinking about what you can do next to prevent that from happening, and then when you're allowed to pitch again, I think you'll be able to do it with the thought that this time is the one."

(Nippon Broadcasting System Show Up Nighter)