◆Exhibition game: Softbank Hawks 4-3 Hiroshima (March 20, Mizuho PayPay Dome)

Softbank Hawks achieved a come-from-behind win.

Uezawa, who will start in the opening Nippon-Ham match on the 27th (Mizuho Paypay), went up to mound. In the 2nd inning, with 2 outs and 1 out, a battery error from third base, and in the 3rd inning, Sasaki hit a timely doble from 2 outs and 1st base, making it 2 runs, but both the fastball and breaking ball were impeccable. He checked the feel of one pitch at a time and took 5 struck out in 2 2/3 innings.

Trailing by two runs in the third inning with two outs and runners on first and third, Yanagida, making starting line-up start in five games after recovering from a neck injury, hit a two-run doble to tie the game. In the fourth inning, they fell behind again by one run, but in the bottom of the inning, with two outs and runners on second and third, Sasagawa hit a two-run single to center field, giving them the lead.

After that, Ooe, Otake, Kimura, Osuna, and Sugiyama kept the score at runs, holding onto the lead and securing the win.

Additionally, Dai Makihara, who participated in the WBC as a member of the Japanese national team, started at second base and batted fifth, while Shuto started at starting line-up field and batted second. The results were 0 hit At Bat Makihara and 1 At Bat 4 hit for Shuto.