◆ Pacific League 3x-2 Softbank Hawks (3rd, ZOZO Marine Stadium)

Softbank Hawks The team suffered a painful reverse walk-off loss, as Kazuki Sugiyama pitcher who came on in the ninth inning was unable to protect a two-run lead. Takabe hit a double to left field with one out in the ninth inning to close the gap to one run, and then got two walk-off runs doble on Fujiwara with two outs and a runner on third. The team lost consecutive games for the first time this season.

Starting pitcher Naoyuki Uwasawa pitched brilliantly, holding the opponent runs for eight innings. He got off to a rough start in the first inning, giving up consecutive hits to Fujiwara and Nishikawa with one out, but he shut down the subsequent batters to keep the score at runs. He continued to shut down the Lotte lineup with his powerful fastball and sharp fork. In his opening pitcher on March 27 against Nippon-Ham (at Mizuho PayPay Dome), he gave up four runs (two earned) in five innings and did not get a decision. He was unable to secure his first win of the season on this day either.

The offense did manage to score the first run in the seventh inning with no outs and a runner on first base when Kurihara hit a two-run homer, but it was ultimately in vain.