◆ Pacific League: Rakuten Eagles vs. Nippon-Ham (5th -Rakuten Eagles Mobile is the strongest)
There was a tense moment during Rakuten Eagles-Nippon-Ham game.
In the seventh inning with one out, Nippon-Ham 's Gunji swung at a two-seam two seam fastball thrown by Rakuten Eagles 's Shoji. Gunji's broken bat hit home-base umpire Nagakawa near the head. Rakuten Eagles 's catcher Ota and Nippon-Ham 's trainer approached anxiously, but home-base umpire Nagakawa, who was wearing helmet, gestured that he was fine. There were no serious injuries, and play resumed without incident.
![[Video] The extremely rare moment of the "Dark Cold" declaration](https://hochi.news/images/2026/05/03/20260503-OHT1I51506-L.jpg)
![[Scoreboard] Rakuten Eagles vs. Nippon-Ham](/asset/img/news/source/logo_hochi.png){kind=logo}
![[Rakuten Eagles] Ryuya Taira hits a stunning home run in his second consecutive game, a blast to the opposite field off Haruki Hosono The hard-working player who has returned to the main roster delivers a spectacular third solo home run.](https://hochi.news/images/2026/05/05/20260505-OHT1I51254-L.jpg)
![[Rakuten Eagles] Aiming for their third consecutive win, Ryuya Taira hit a game-tying home run the previous day, returns to starting line-up, Gonzalez will bat seventh as designated hitter, Kosei Shoji will start, aiming for his fourth win.](https://hochi.news/images/2026/05/05/20260505-OHT1I51182-L.jpg)
![[Rakuten Eagles] Kenta Maeda aims for his first win since returning to NPB: "I need to pitch with caution." He will start against Nippon-Ham on the 6th.](https://hochi.news/images/2026/05/05/20260505-OHT1I51166-L.jpg)
![[Lotte] Kazuya Ojima to start in the game against Rakuten Eagles on the 21st. He's a soccer fan, but says he's putting the World Cup on hold, saying he's "focusing on himself."](https://hochi.news/images/2026/06/20/20260620-OHT1I51442-L.jpg)
![[Rakuten Eagles] Masaru Fujii delivers a win to new manager Masato Yoshii: "Of course I have feelings about it."](https://hochi.news/images/2026/06/20/20260620-OHT1I51434-L.jpg)
![[Rakuten Eagles] Manager Masato Yoshii sticks to his own unique management style; expectations are high for the "chemical reaction" that will occur in the remaining 78 games; the game against Lotte was canceled due to rain.](https://hochi.news/images/2026/06/20/20260620-OHT1I51410-L.jpg)
![[Lotte] Announces rainout of game against Rakuten Eagles. Manager Yoshii's first game back on the 19th was a win start.](https://hochi.news/images/2026/06/20/20260620-OHT1I51327-L.jpg)
