◆ Pacific League: Lotte 0-10 Seibu Lions (August 1st, ZOZO Marine Stadium)

Seibu Lions starting pitcher So Sou Sato earned his first professional win in his first professional appearance, pitching seven scoreless innings, runs only two hit. He is only the seventh player from the farm baseball win his first professional start, and the first in the team's history, and he said with a shy smile, "I'm happy. It's almost too good to be true. It went too well."

In the midst of strong winds with a constant wind speed of over 10 meters, the first inning ended with only 11 pitches. In the second inning, Shin Ishikawa and Soto took struck out consecutive hits with breaking ball, and Inoue turned around and slashed with a 142-kilometer fastball with a three-way struck out in a row.

In the third inning, he gave up his first Walk and Hit by Pitch of the day, putting runners on first and second with two outs, but struck out Nishikawa looking with a 141 km/h fastball. "I was able to use the wind to my advantage. There was a good breeze. My fastball moved nicely," he reflected.

Manager Nishiguchi also praised him, saying, "Considering it was his first appearance and he was pitching in this wind, he was able to fully demonstrate his strengths."