◆Pre-season game Softbank Hawks and Seibu Lions (1st, Ivy Stadium)

Softbank Hawks s starter, Nao Higashihama pitcher, gave up four runs in the first inning.

He took the lead with two ground balls, but when he was hit by a right-handed hit by No. 2 Hiruma, he was hit by three consecutive doble by three cleanups and lost three runs. Still, from 1st out and 2nd base, Sotozaki also hit a timely hit to the left and 4 runs. He also allowed a right-handed hit to No. 7 Murata, and it became a form of 6 consecutive hits. In the send-off game against Samurai Japan on the 23rd (Sun Marine), he closer two innings with 19 pitches and runs scoreless, but on this day, he was able to catch the start.