◆ "LUXAS Samurai Japan Series 2026" Softbank Hawks 4-0 Japan (23rd, Hinata Sun Marine Stadium Miyazaki)
Softbank Hawks achieved a shutout game victory against Samurai Japan.
In the send-off game on the 22nd, they gave up 16 hit and 13 runs, resulting in a crushing defeat, but on this day, starting pitcher Stewart pitched two innings without hit runs, setting the tone for the team. Hikaru Kimura, Higashihama, Armenta, Fujiwara, and Iwai then completed a shutout game relay with just two hit in the ninth inning.
The batting lineup got a head start in the 6th inning when Yamamoto's two-run double double play collapsed with one out bases loaded and Akihiro scored three runs to right field with two outs in the 8th inning. 4 runs were scored win.
![[Photo] Manager Shinjo enters the stadium in a Lamborghini valued at 80 million yen](https://hochi.news/images/2025/10/11/20251011-OHT1I51033-L.jpg)
![[Softbank Hawks] Yuto Akihiro hits a powerful three-run homer at Sun Marine Stadium, a place he grew up in with The Giants. The slugger was acquired in a trade midway through last season.](https://hochi.news/images/2026/02/23/20260223-OHT1I51261-L.jpg)
![[Softbank Hawks] Haruto Fujiwara, in his third year of development, takes on the Samurai batting line head-on with all-fastball fastballs! He shut out the first inning with a new record fastball of 156 km/h.](https://hochi.news/images/2026/02/23/20260223-OHT1I51260-L.jpg)
![[Softbank Hawks] Development monster Armenta, a member of the Mexico WBC team, goes on a slashing spree, allowing no runs in two innings and striking out three strike out](https://hochi.news/images/2026/02/23/20260223-OHT1I51259-L.jpg)
![[Softbank Hawks] Nao Higashihama pitches 19 pitches in the second inning against Samurai Japan. Three pitcher complete the no-hitter relay until the fifth inning.](https://hochi.news/images/2026/02/23/20260223-OHT1I51223-L.jpg)
