Nippon-Ham pitcher Ren Fukushima vowed on the 19th to get revenge in the game against Rakuten Eagles on the 20th (at Escon Stadium), where he will be starting.

He has a record of 1 win and 2 losses in 3 appearances this season, but both losses were against Rakuten Eagles. This will be their third matchup in a short period of time, and he expressed his determination, saying, "I've lost twice to them, so I want to win this time. I want to win this time."

In his first appearance of the season on April 23rd, he gave up 8 hit and 3 runs in the middle of the 6th closer, and in the following game on the 4th, he gave up 6 hit 2 runs in the middle of the 8th inning, resulting in losses in both games. In both cases, he was hit hard from the 6th inning onward, and he said, "I'm thinking of trying to adjust the distribution of pitches in the first and second rounds of the batting order while trying to keep the bats down."