◆ Pacific League: Softbank Hawks vs. Nippon-Ham (28th, Mizuho PayPay Dome)
Softbank Hawks Hawks infielder Hotaka Yamakawa hit a solo home run in the 8th inning with no outs, his second home run in two consecutive games.
With a three-run lead in the 8th inning, he led off the inning and count swung hard at a splitter ball near center field from 2-1. The ball soared high and landed on the left-field terrace, bringing in the second run of the season following the season opener on the 27th to extend the lead to four runs.
![[Scoreboard] Softbank Hawks vs. Nippon-Ham](/asset/img/news/source/logo_hochi.png){kind=logo}
![[Softbank Hawks] Ryoya Kurihara makes a great defensive play in a bases loaded jam. After making two errors the previous day, he said, "I'll do defense," and immediately put that into practice, saving Haru Matsumoto.](https://hochi.news/images/2026/03/28/20260328-OHT1I51404-L.jpg)
![[Softbank Hawks] Haru Matsumoto earns his first win of the season with 6 innings pitched, 2 runs, and strikes out 8 strike out in his first-ever opening day rotation appearance.](https://hochi.news/images/2026/03/28/20260328-OHT1I51304-L.jpg)
![[Softbank Hawks] Kensuke Kondo hits sweep go-ahead single! The cleanup hitters Yanagimachi, Yanagida, and Yamakawa followed with three consecutive hits, scoring five runs in the 5th inning and knocking out Nippon-Ham 's Kota Tatsu](https://hochi.news/images/2026/03/28/20260328-OHT1I51282-L.jpg)
