◆ Pacific League vs. Softbank Hawks (April 4th, ZOZO Marine Stadium)

Softbank Hawks pitcher Haru Matsumoto delivered a strong performance, allowing only one runs in seven innings.

The left-handed pitcher, who earned his first win of the season in the second game of the season against Nippon-Ham on the 28th (at Mizuho PayPay Dome), continued to pitch runs innings through four innings, mainly using his fastball and slider. In the fifth inning, with two outs and a runner on second base, he gave up a run on a timely single to Fujiwara, but closer runs to a minimum, and in the sixth inning, he retired the side in order to set the tone for the game.

Haru Matsumoto Yanagimachi hit a sweep doble in the 7th inning immediately after to respond to the strong pitching of and succeeded in reversing the situation. closer without any danger in the 7th inning and got off mound with the right to win the 2nd. Hikaru Kimura came on in the 8th inning at 2nd position.