◆Exhibition game: Softbank Hawks vs. Chunichi (17th, Mizuho PayPay Dome)

Softbank Hawks 's pitcher Tomohisa Ozeki, who is almost certain to be in the opening day rotation, delivered a strong performance, closer the opponent to just one runs 6 1/3 innings.

mound fork struck out pitch In the 5th inning, Fukunaga hit a doble to lead off the inning. After that, with one out and a runner at third base, Ishii hit a timely shot to right runs. However, Yanagimachi made a good catch in left field to keep the inning at a runs minimum.

He allowed runner on base in the 6th inning but kept runs at 0. In the 7th inning, he retired the leadoff batter, Hosokawa, closer a fly ball to center field, and was taken out of the game after throwing 80 pitches.