◆Pre-season game Rakuten Eagles and Lotte (4th, Shizuoka)
Rakuten Eagles 's first draft pick, right-handed pitcher Satoshi Fujiwara (Hanazono University), will start. In his last two appearances, he runs three scoreless inning. It will be interesting to see how much he can improve in his third appearance. starting line-up is as follows:
No. 1, Center Sato
No. 2, right: Nakajima
Number 3: Voit
Number 4/First baseman Asamura
5th, third baseman Kurokawa
No. 6, Yu Sozan
No. 7, left: McCusker
No. 8, second baseman Kofukata
Number 9, Catcher Ota
Nage Fujiwara
![[Photo] Draft no. 1 gives thumbs up in Okinawa](https://hochi.news/images/2026/01/30/20260130-OHT1I51225-L.jpg)
![[Scoreboard] Rakuten Eagles vs. Lotte](/asset/img/news/source/logo_hochi.png){kind=logo}
![[Lotte] New recruit Jackson makes his third start in an external game against Rakuten Eagles](https://hochi.news/images/2026/03/04/20260304-OHT1I51116-L.jpg)
![[Softbank Hawks] Yugo Maeda is out of the running for the opening starting rotation. Manager Hiroki Kokubo says he is "not even on the starting line" and will not be pitching on the 3rd due to poor health.](https://hochi.news/images/2026/03/03/20260303-OHT1I51183-L.jpg)
![[Nippon-Ham] "It was so amazing it was scary," says manager Tsuyoshi Shinjo, praising the batting practice. "He hit the ball on the 23rd against Rakuten Eagles."](https://hochi.news/images/2026/03/02/20260302-OHT1I51324-L.jpg)
