◆ Pacific League Softbank Hawks 7-6 Nippon-Ham (24th, Mizuho PayPay Stadium)

Nippon-Ham suffered a come-from-behind loss to Softbank Hawks, extending their club record to eight consecutive losses against Softbank Hawks to start the season, a humiliating setback. They traveled to Fukuoka with manager Shinjo on the verge of his 300th career win, but were swept in three games.

After the game, Shinjo referred first and foremost to the pitcher team, which had been beaten 39 hit 28 runs in three straight games, and said, "If we get 28 points, we can't win. we have to get 29 points. The team has to be a little better prepared," he said, calling for a recovery.

After 49 games since the start of the season, the team has a record of 23 wins and 26 losses. Before the season began, they were aiming for 96 wins and a dominant championship, but he said, "That's the worst. That's the worst. We have high goals. It's different from the original plan. But, there are still many games left, so you never know what will happen."

The exchange games will start on the 26th at Koshien the enemy's ground. Last season, he predicted the number of win wins and losses before the start of the season, and he predicted 11 wins and 7 losses, but this season, he said harshly, "It's hard to imagine if they play this weak on the edge of the ball. bases loaded with two outs in the 2nd inning, Mannami, right wing, dove line drive to the right field line and triple failed to catch score the same run. In the 3rd inning, second baseman Castro made a catch mistake on a ground ball in front of him, and other plays at the edge of the plate were strictly pointed out.

They have lost all eight games against Softbank Hawks this season. "They are strong. Very strong. We haven't beaten Softbank Hawks yet, but what matters is where we end up in the standings. They've gotten stronger over the past two years, and there hasn't been a team that has been able to easily beat them. This is the first time this has happened, so I guess there will be years like this. We still have nearly 100 games left, so there's no point in getting discouraged now," he said, shifting his focus.