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

Nippon-Ham suffered a 0-10 defeat against Softbank Hawks, enduring the humiliation of six consecutive losses to the reigning champions. Manager Shinjo entered the game in his fifth year at the helm with a record of 299 wins, 299 losses, and 15 ties. He was unable to achieve the team's seventh 300th win, instead reaching 300 losses first. win would have put the team in a winning position for the first time since April 14th, but the loss put them back into debt.

After the game, manager Shinjo reflected on the team's poor performance at Mizuho PayPay Dome, where they suffered three consecutive losses to start the season, saying, "Is there a rule that we can't win at this stadium? (laughs) Oh, but we did win the (CS) final last season. Well, it all depends on what standings we end up in. We shouldn't have too much of a negative feeling towards this stadium. If we can win one game, we'll want to win tomorrow and change the momentum."

On this day, Edopolo, the second-round rookie draft pick from the second team, was used at No. 7 for his first starting line-up professional start.3 struck out "Edopolo probably put a lot of effort into the game at the beginning," said the manager. There have been a number of good players who have done 3 struck out well in their first games. Anyone can criticize this result after seeing it, so I'll be looking forward to the future," he said, reflecting on the debut of the 9 Home Run big slugger in the second team.

When reporters pressed him about being just one win away from becoming the seventh manager in the team's history to reach 300 career wins, following Manager Kuriyama, he showed no concern, saying, "I'd be happy if I was number one, but how many people are there who are number one (in career win)?" Nevertheless, he expressed his gratitude to his players, saying, "But the players were the ones who got those 300 wins." Finally, he turned the tables on the reporters, asking, "299 wins and 299 losses?" When they told him that he had reached 300 losses first, he smiled and said, "Hahaha," before moving on and leaving the stadium.