◆ Pacific League Softbank Hawks 8-4 Nippon-Ham (29th, Mizuho PayPay Dome)

Softbank Hawks achieved their first three-game winning streak to start the season in three years.

Nippon-Ham 's starting pitcher was Arihara, who played for Softbank Hawks until last season. In the first inning, with one out and a runner on first base, Yanagimachi hit a timely doble to left-center field to score the first run. From there, they launched a fierce offensive, scoring seven runs by the third inning and taking control of the game.

Stewart, the starter, showed off his impressive pitch, marking 155 kg from the first inning. Last season, he did not pitch due to an injury to his left rectus abdominis muscle. In his first regular season appearance in about 1 year and 5 months since Game 6 of the Japan Series against DeNA (Yokohama) on November 3, 24, he showed tenacity pitch while playing 3 runs.

He added 3 runs in the 4th and 8th innings, and Kamichaya, who took the mound from the 6th inning, gave 1 runs in the 3rd inning and good relief. In the ninth inning, Yutaka Matsumoto closed the game and decided to win the opening three consecutive victories.