◆ Pacific League Softbank Hawks 10-0 Nippon-Ham (22nd, Mizuho PayPay Dome)

Softbank Hawks won their sixth straight game against Nippon-Ham to start the season, ending their two-game losing streak.

In his first start of the season, Softbank Hawks and Jun Maeda allowed Mizuno to hit a single up the middle to lead off the first inning, but got Mannami to ground out double play to end the inning. After that, he pitched well in the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th innings, striking out 3 closer. He pitched at a good tempo and fulfilled his role as a starter with no runs innings pitched in the 5th inning.

The offense took the lead in the first inning with a timely single to right field by Kondo with one out and a runner on second, and added another run in the second inning with sacrifice fly to center field by Makihara Dai with one out and runners on first and third. In the seventh inning, they launched a fierce attack with 13 hitter, starting with a solo Home Run run by Yamamoto Yu, his first since joining the team, and scored eight runs. They pulled away from their opponent in one fell swoop and secured the victory.

pitcher staff held the opponent runs, securing a comfortable victory. This six-game winning streak against Nippon-Ham from the start of the season surpasses the five-game winning streak from 2002, making it the longest winning streak ever, and putting manager Kokubo one win away from his 200th career victory.