◆Pre-season Rakuten Eagles and Nippon-Ham (11th, Shizuoka)
Rakuten Eagles will start their first-round draft pick, right-handed pitcher Sota Fujiwara (Hanazono University). He started in the exhibition game against Lotte on the 4th (Shizuoka), pitching two innings, allowing two hit, strike out, and giving up no runs. Rakuten Eagles 's starting line-up is as follows:
1 (center) Sato
2 (3) Murabayashi
3 (1) Asamura
4 (Finger) Voight
5 (Right) McCusker
6 (Play) Sozan
7 (Left) Gonzalez
8 (2) Kofukuda
9 (catcher) Ota
pitcher Fujiwara
![[Photo] Famous jockey throws first pitch with a desperate look on his face!](https://hochi.news/assets/v2/img/hochi_news_sns.png)
![[Scoreboard] Rakuten Eagles vs. Nippon-Ham](/asset/img/news/source/logo_hochi.png){kind=logo}
![[Orix Buffaloes] Ryoma Nishikawa hits the team's first solo home run of the exhibition game over the right field wall, aiming for the opening game "I want to be in the best possible condition."](https://hochi.news/images/2026/03/10/20260310-OHT1I51592-L.jpg)
![[Orix Buffaloes] New foreign player Seymour gets his first hit in his 14th at-bat of the open season, thanks manager Kishida for his "great support."](https://hochi.news/images/2026/03/10/20260310-OHT1I51397-L.jpg)
![[Hanshin Tigers] Nakagawa Hayato makes a strong case for starting in left starting line-up at the start of the season! He hits the opening solo home run of the exhibition game off Seibu Lions Takahashi Mitsunari.](https://hochi.news/images/2026/03/10/20260310-OHT1I51164-L.jpg)
