◆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.

He started as the seventh batter and second starting line-up, and in the top of the third inning, he hit a single to right field, creating a chance despite his bat being broken. In his second at-bat in the fifth inning, he hit a single to center field with one out. Manager Kokubo also smiled and said, "I think Shoji really stood out. His approach at the plate is highly rated."

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.