◆パ・リーグ　ソフトバンク０―７楽天（３日・みずほペイペイドーム）

Softbank Hawks Manager Hiroki Kokubo of the National League's National League Baseball Association mentioned after the game about the return to the first team of Kazuki Sugiyama pitcher who is out with a broken finger on his left hand. In his return to the farm league, he showed that he has no problem with his power output, hitting 155 km/h at his fastest in a game against Chunichi in Nagoya on August 2. He is scheduled to pitch in the next game on April 4 against Orix Buffaloes at Tamasta Chikugo. The commander said, "After that, we will think about what to do.

The team's management had initially indicated that they were considering putting him back on the first team immediately upon his return. The closer fractured his bone after punching the dugout in frustration with his own pitch following the game against Nippon-Ham on April 11 (at Escon Stadium). Since he had been away from competitive play for about three weeks, it seems they will be checking his recovery progress after his return to the mound.

In the Rakuten Eagles game of the day, the three relievers who took the mound after the 7th inning collapsed to 7 runs. Ogata allowed the first run in the 7th inning with a score of 0-0, Tsumori added 2 runs in the 8th inning, and Otake scored 4 runs in the 9th inning. Coach Kokubo said, "The difference when throwing is huge. What's amazing about the winning pattern is that the error is small. There is not much difference. It was very easy to understand today."