Softbank Hawks Ryosuke Otsu pitcher He is scheduled to start on the 26th against The Giants (Tokyo Dome). He took part in pitcher practice at the Mizuho Payday Dome that day and then flew to Tokyo. The right-hander, who has pitched in seven games so far this season (4-0, 1 loss), all of them Quality Starts (QS = three or fewer earned runs allowed over six innings), said with a relaxed expression, "I don't feel special, I just want to go on as usual.

This season, Uwasawa, who started the season pitcher, is in poor condition, while Xu and Ozeki are also undergoing a period of farm adjustment, but Otsu is the only player to continue rotating from the start of the season. In the game against Orix Buffaloes on the 19th (Kyocera Dome Osaka), with two outs in the second inning, the ball hit the ball near his left shin. He was once sent to the bench but pitched through six innings. He spent a week cautiously and commented, "It hurts, but when it comes to pitching, it's not a problem." He also heard from Yudai Yamamoto, who joined from DeNA via trade, catcher about the The Giants lineup, and said, "Since it's our first matchup, I want to keep going without changing anything," sticking to his pitch style.

His batting is also fully prepared. In Game 4 of the 2013 Japan Series against Hanshin Tigers (Koshien), he recorded his first professional hit in his first at-bat. He is known for his speed, which allows him to turn hits to shortstop into infield hit, but this time he grins and says, "I'm only aiming for a clean hit to center fielder." He has been studying the trajectory of The Giants starter Norimoto's pitches on the 26th every day using Trajectory Arc (a virtual batting practice machine that can reproduce pitcher 's ball speed and movement). He showed his confidence, saying, "It's all perfectly memorized now."

The team is currently on a three-game winning streak. Riding the wave, Otsu also said, "I want to pitch aggressively without fear," shutting down the The Giants lineup with an aggressive pitch.