◆Pre-season game Softbank Hawks 2-2 The Giants (10th, Ube)

Softbank Hawks infielder Yudai Shoji made his presence felt by being the only player on the team to have multiple hit.

Starting at starting line-up base and batting seventh, he led off the third inning with a single to right field, breaking his bat in the process, but still creating a scoring opportunity. In his second at-bat in the fifth inning, he hit a single to center field with one out. Manager Kokubo smiled and said, "Shoji was the one who shone. His approach at the plate is very impressive."

While his strengths are his defense and base running, he also showed his strength in batting. Regarding base running, he said, "I wanted to try and stolen base," but nodded and said, "Today, both the results and the content of defense and batting were good. To be honest, I think I made a good impression."

The most responsive of all was the second at bat. 2 strike After one ball, he fouled off one pitch, then missed two consecutive outside pitches full count in a row. Finally, he flipped a straight ball back to center fielder. Walk The second time he batted, he was able to get a good look at the ball, and he was able to get a good center fielder look at the ball that was coming in sweetly. I let him throw a number of pitches, count and even brought the score to 3-2 before center fielder. I'm not sure if I'm going to be able to make it to the first game of the season, but I'm going to try.