On March 10th, the 2026 Spring Education League held at Tama Home Stadium Chikugo, Fukuoka Softbank vs. Hiroshima, Fukuoka Softbank lost 1-9.

Fukuoka Softbank 's starter, Tomohisa Ozeki pitcher, started the first inning with a three-way retirement. In the top of the second inning, Ramirez hit a Home Run, and after that, he was in a pinch with 1 out on 1st and 2nd base due to the disturbance of the defense, but he was able to get through the follow-up.

The batting line tied the game in the bottom of the 4th inning with a timely hit by Moreno from 2nd base with 2 outs. However, immediately after that, in the top of the 5th inning, pitcher Ozeki carried runner to second base with Walk and stolen base, and left the mound with two outs. Toshiya Nakamura pitcher, who was replaced, allowed Masaya Yano to take the lead with a timely hit.

In the top of the 7th inning, he hit 5 timely hits and scored 6 runs. In the top of the 8th inning, Yasuki Mochimaru hit a Home Run to make the score 1-9. The batting line advanced runner to scoring in the bottom of the 8th and 9th innings, but the game ended without scoring. Starter pitcher Ozeki pitched 4.2 innings, 75 pitches, 3 hit 1 Walk 4 strike out 2 runs. The batting line also did not perform well, scoring a total of 5 hit and 1 run. Rodriguez pitcher is closer to strike out three in just eight pitches in inning.

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Wide ○Tarnock-Ryunosuke Sato-Kei Kono-Harun Kikuchi
So ● Tomohisa Ozeki-Toshiya Nakamura-Taisei Kimura- Rodriguez

Written by Yokazu Sonoda

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