◆ Pacific League Rakuten vs Softbank (1st, Rakuten Mobile)

Rakuten Eagles Chiharu Tanaka pitcher (25) took the mound from the 7th inning with a 6-run deficit in the Softbank Hawks game on the 1st, and pitched well with 1 hit runs 2 strike out in the first inning. Although he suffered runs in the Orix Buffaloes game (Kyocera D), which was his first appearance after the transfer, this was his second consecutive game without runs.

Yanagida, the leader of the first two runs of the day, took a swing with a 151 km fastball after a fork consecutive pitch and struck out 3 pitches. In the following Yamakawa, a 151 km fastball from count 2-2 was decided to the outside corner, and he missed it and slashed it struck out. Kurihara allowed a hit in the middle, but he hit Makihara with a fork and did not score.

Last season, his third as a professional, he didn't make a single appearance in The Giants' first team, but the right-handed pitcher, who joined The Giants as compensation for Takahiro Norimoto's free agent transfer from Rakuten Eagles, is making his presence felt in his new team.