◆ Pacific League Rakuten Eagles vs. Softbank Hawks (August 2nd, Rakuten Eagles Mobile)

Rakuten Eagles 's new foreign player, pitcher José Ureña (34), made his debut in Japan on the 2nd against Softbank Hawks, taking the mound as a starter. He was pulled after 5 innings, having given up 6 hit 2 runs, so his first win was postponed.

Ureña is a right-handed pitcher with a career record of 44 wins, 78 losses, and 6 ERA in 251 major league games. He is a promising new addition to the team, having recorded 14 wins in 2017 while playing for the Marlins. He had a somewhat worrying spring training record of 0 wins and 1 loss with a 5.73 ERA in 3 games, but on this day, he pitched tenaciously against the two-time defending league champions, relying on his two-seam two seam fastball in the low 150 km/h range, and threw 102 pitches over 5 innings.

Walk doble sacrifice fly bases loaded In the 2nd inning, with a one-run lead, he got Unno to fly out to right and Imamiya to ground out to left field. He did not allow an extra base hit. The batting lineup tied the game in the fifth inning when Komada scored squeeze in the ninth, and Ureña's black star was gone.