◆ Pacific League Rakuten Eagles Softbank Hawks (15th, Rakuten Eagles Mobile Saikyo Park Miyagi)
Softbank Hawks suffered their second three-game losing streak of the season.
Starter Naoyuki Uwasawa pitcher gave up a timely single to center field to Murabayashi in the second inning with runners on first and third with one out, giving up the lead. Then, with two outs and runners on first and second, Sato hit a three-run homer to give up the runs. He left the mound in three innings, the shortest of the season. The second pitcher, Go Suzuki, also pitched three innings and gave up two runs.
Rakuten Eagles In the 7th inning, Yuki Yanagita outfielder and Tomoya Masaki outfielder, who was registered as an entrant for the day and made an immediate starting line-up appearance, hit back-to-back arches.
This season started with five consecutive wins, and by April 12th the team had accumulated a six-game lead, but since then the team has been in decline. With this loss, they are now down to zero wins.
![[Photo] Wow! Former Hawks player beams with a big smile after breaking a major milestone!](https://hochi.news/images/2025/11/28/20251128-OHT1I51048-L.jpg)
![[Scoreboard] Rakuten Eagles vs. Softbank Hawks](/asset/img/news/source/logo_hochi.png){kind=logo}
![[Softbank Hawks] After Tomoya Masaki dropped the ball, they were hit with a barrage of attacks from nine hitter... giving up 4 runs in the 2nd inning.](https://hochi.news/images/2026/05/15/20260515-OHT1I51261-L.jpg)
![[Softbank Hawks] Tomoya Masaki, who was added to the active roster, will start immediately as the "number 6 hitter and right fielder" to prevent a third starting line-up loss. Uwasawa will be the starting pitcher.](https://hochi.news/images/2026/05/15/20260515-OHT1I51205-L.jpg)
![[Softbank Hawks] Yuki Yanagita and Hotaka Yamakawa avenged their first losses of the season. Ryosuke Otsu also snapped a three-game losing streak on the same card by pitching seven scoreless runs innings.](https://hochi.news/images/2026/04/16/20260416-OHT1I51452-L.jpg)
