[Softbank Hawks] Third-year development player, Haruto Fujiwara, takes on the Samurai Japan lineup head-on with an all-fastball lineup! He throws a new personal best of 156 km/h and shuts them out in one inning | Pacific League

[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.

Sports Hochi

February 23, 2026 16:41

◆ "Ragzas Samurai Japan Series 2026" Softbank Hawks vs. Japan (23rd, Hinata Sun Marine Stadium Miyazaki)

Softbank Hawks pitcher Haruto Fujiwara closer the first inning to just three batters in a head-on battle.

He went up to the mound of the eighth inning as the fifth position. From the first pitch, he marked 155 km on three consecutive pitches and closer Sakamoto to a middle fly, and Nakayama's first pitch also marked 156 km, which broke his personal fastest. Nakayama let him walk with a Walk, but immediately after that, he finished Nakamura with a ground ball double play, and as a result, the three of them finished the inning.