◆ Pacific League: Softbank Hawks vs. Seibu Lions (13th, Mizuho PayPay Dome)
Softbank Hawks has announced starting line-up. Yuta Yamamoto, whose trade from DeNA was announced on the 12th, starting line-up start as the "number 6 hitter and catcher." He will form a battery with right-handed pitcher Haruto Fujiwara who was registered as a regular player on the 8th and came up through the development program.
starting line-up for the game against Seibu Lions is as follows:
1 (Central) Shuto
2 (play) Shoko
3 (3) Kurihara
4 (left) Kondo
5 (1B) Akira Nakamura
6 (Catcher) Yu Yamamoto
7 (Finger) Yamakawa
8 (Right) Sasagawa
9 (2) Kawase
(Throwing) Fujiwara
![[Scoreboard] Softbank Hawks vs. Seibu Lions](/asset/img/news/source/logo_hochi.png){kind=logo}
![[Softbank Hawks] Taiga Kamichatani gives his teammates his seal of approval on the performance of former teammate Yudai Yamamoto: "We welcomed him back with confidence."](https://hochi.news/images/2026/05/13/20260513-OHT1I51287-L.jpg)
![[Softbank Hawks] Kensuke Kondo recovers from the nightmare of going hitless At Bat bats at the WBC and wins the Monthly MVP Award.](https://hochi.news/images/2026/05/13/20260513-OHT1I51252-L.jpg)
![[Softbank Hawks] Yuta Yamamoto is surprised by his own quickness in switching gears. He watched The Hawks game the previous night, not a DeNA game, saying, "It's more important to get used to Pacific League feel."](https://hochi.news/images/2026/05/13/20260513-OHT1I51180-L.jpg)
