Nippon-Ham lost 3-4 in an open game against Yakult on March 21 at Escondido. starting line-up He started at No. 7 catcher and Yua Tamiya catcher (25), including doble 2 At Bat 2 hit. At one point in March, he had struggled with 11 consecutive at-bats hit without a hit, but he found a chance to get back on track. Hiromi Ito pitcher He also made great strides in his quest for a third consecutive opening starting line-up mask.　runner Yakult fork The first time I saw him, I was in the middle of the road, and he was in the middle of the road, and he was in the middle of the road, and he was in the middle of the road. He carried it to the right field line doble. In the 4th inning, he hit a straight ball from Yamano, this time to the opposite field, breaking up a three-run gap. It was his first multi-hit game hit in this season's open games. The first multi-hit game of the season, he had a hit, so I'm glad.

In March, he hadn't been getting results with his bat. After getting hit in his second at-bat against Lotte on the 7th (at Escon Stadium), hit in 9 at At Bat 11 plate appearances until the game against DeNA on the 17th (at Escon Stadium). The reason was his timing.

"My timing was off. You can't hit if your timing isn't right. I had changed my stance, but it didn't work with my timing, so I went back to my stance from last year." After getting his hit in 12 at-bats in the game against Yakult on the 20th (at Escon Stadium), he has made a full recovery in the last two games, hit 3 At Bat-3 with one Walk. "I'm happy because it feels like I'm hitting well for the first time in a while," he said with a smile.

On the defensive side, he led opening day pitcher Ito. With a third consecutive opening day starting starting line-up likely, he nodded after experiencing the actual ball, saying, "It feels like our ace is back." Tamiya will approach the opening game against Softbank Hawks on March 27th, away from home, with confidence both offensively and defensively. "There's only one more game left (in the preseason), so I want to make sure I'm in top form," said Tamiya, who will lead the team to a third consecutive opening day win. (Yasushi Yamaguchi)