◆Exhibition game Chunichi 4-3 Lotte (20th, Vantelin Dome)

Lotte Kyota Fujiwara outfielder (25) made a full appearance at "No. 2, right field" and hit .422 with 4 At Bat 3 hit.

In his third at-bat in the fifth inning, leading off the inning, he faced pitcher Akira Neo (25), with whom he had achieved back-to-back spring and summer championships Koshien while at Osaka Toin High School. The result was Walk.

This was their first matchup across the first and second teams, including exhibition games. After the game, he reflected on the serious contest, saying, "I thought I was going to hit him straight. That's how I felt." The fourth pitch was a ball that went behind his back, but he read his opponent's mind, saying, "I think he might have tensed up," and vowed to make a leap forward this season, his eighth year as the 2018 first-round draft pick, saying, "We both want to work hard and become players who represent the baseball world."