◆ Pacific League Rakuten Eagles 1-6 Softbank Hawks (August 1st, Rakuten Eagles Mobile)

Rakuten Eagles suffered 4 consecutive losses from the opening game Shirahoshi and fell to the bottom alone at the end of the game. Softbank Hawks 's starter was Hsu Jo-Hsi (Xu Ruoxi), who made his first appearance in Japan with the WBC Taiwan national team, but he was scoreless in 3 hit in the 6th inning before pitch, which was centered on a fastball with a maximum speed of 155 km/h. In the ninth inning, the opponent's wild pitch from third base with two outs managed to prevent the second shutout game loss of the season, but it was similar to the cold temperature.

hit The only opportunity the right-hander, nicknamed "Taiwan's greatest treasure," had was a sacrificed ball double play by Tatsumi, who had two outs and two outs in the sixth inning. The team's first two days of the season, they lost to the reigning league champions for the second straight day. Miki said of Hsu Jo-Hsi the game, "We were firmly closer beaten. Well, you know.... I know it's difficult when a good pitcher team plays a good pitch team, but I can't say so. I'll talk about it now (at the meeting)," he said.

On the pitching side, starting pitcher Kosha gave up a two-run homer to Yanagida to right field in the third inning, giving the opposing team the lead. In the sixth inning, Chia-Hao Sung gave up another two-run homer to Kondo to left field, further extending the lead. Both of these home runs landed in the "home run zone." In previous seasons, they might have been considered fly balls outfield.

The stadium, which has been renamed Rakuten Eagles Mobile's Strongest Park this season, has had its outfield wall renovated. The distance to the foul poles in both left and right field remains unchanged, but the left-center field fence has been moved forward by 6 meters, and the right-center field fence by 4 meters. The left field fence was moved further forward to take wind direction into consideration. Last season, Rakuten Eagles had the fewest Home Run among the 12 teams with only 70. With this renovation, it is hoped that the number of Home Run into the left field seats, where many The Eagles fans wait, will increase. However, in the two games played, their own team failed to hit a home run, and instead, the opposing team took advantage of the smaller stadium.

The manager bit his lip and said, "This is what the stadium is like this year. I'm not thinking about what it was like last year at all. home run is home run, so the question is how we'll deal with that going forward." The distance to the newly constructed outfield wall is as follows.

▽Home plate to left field: 100.1 meters (no change)

▽ Home plate to left center: Maximum 110 meters (previously 116 meters)

▽Home plate to center fielder: 122 meters (no change)

▽Home plate to right-center field: 112 meters (previously 116 meters)

▽Home plate to right field: 100.1 meters (no change)