◆ Pacific League Seibu Lions 2-1 Softbank Hawks (13th, Mizuho PayPay Stadium)

Softbank Hawks Hawks catcher Yudai Yamamoto (28) started as the sixth batter and catcher immediately after his signing press conference, but was unable to lead starting line-up to victory. Offensively, he went 0 At Bat-3, including grounding into a double play play with no outs and hit on first in the seventh inning. He and his battery partner, Fujiwara, a product of the team's farm system, made a mistake (recorded as a wild pitch) that allowed defense. I want to do my best to show what I can do next time."

On the 12th, a 2-for-1 trade was announced with DeNA. He arrived in Fukuoka that evening and attended his introductory press conference in a suit before the game Seibu Lions (at Mizuho PayPay Dome). "I'm excited. I want to do my best to contribute to the team's victory," he said, expressing his aspirations as he donned his new uniform with number 39.

After Fujiwara's professional debut, Yamamoto Yu caught pitches from relief pitchers Hikaru Kimura, Hernandez, Matsumoto Yu, and Sugiyama, despite being one run behind. Manager Kokubo saw it as a positive, even though they lost, because he was able to catch pitches from all pitcher by using up their winning pattern.

Yu Yamamoto began his press conference at 11:30 a.m. and left the stadium at 10 p.m. after the post-game meeting. The result itself wasn't good, and there were a lot of things that dragged us down, but for me, I'm happy that I was able to take the first step forward. I'll do my best again tomorrow," he said, ending a long and frustrating day of The Hawks 's positive catcher first day.