◆ Pacific League: Softbank Hawks vs. Nippon-Ham (22nd, Mizuho PayPay Dome)

Softbank Hawks 's Jun Maeda pitcher, making his first start of the season, runs five scoreless innings and left mound with the potential to be winning pitcher.

In the first inning, he allowed Mizuno to hit a single up the middle to lead off the inning, but got Mannami to ground out double play to end the inning. closer In the 5th inning, with two outs, he allowed Nomura to hit a doble ball to right field, but he retired the rest of the batters and finished the inning with no runs hits.

hit allowed only two hits and struck out out six. He fulfilled his role as starter with 63 pitches, and pitcher Taiga Kamichatani took mound from the sixth inning. "I think I was able to make good use of my strengths and characteristics. I focused on not letting runner get on base and getting outs at a good tempo. I'm glad I was able to pitch well," he said, radiating a sense of satisfaction.