◆ Pacific League: Softbank Hawks vs. Orix Buffaloes (24th, Mizuho PayPay Stadium)
Softbank Hawks pitcher Toshiya Nakamura gave up a three-run homer in the second inning.
In the second inning, with the score 1-0 and two outs, runners on second and third base, the left-handed pitcher gave up a home run to So on a curveball after a 2-ball, 1-strike. He was brought in as the starting hitter at the last minute because Hsu Jo-Hsi had to skip the game due to a back injury. He was given some Home Run support by Masaki's leadoff mound, but he quickly gave up the lead.
![[Video] baseball club, which is overflowing with applicants (?), is just too cute!](https://hochi.news/images/2026/03/29/20260329-OHT1I51303-L.jpg)
![[Scoreboard] Softbank Hawks vs. Orix Buffaloes](https://hochi.news/assets/v2/img/hochi_news_sns.png)
![[Softbank Hawks] Tomoya Masaki hits his second leadoff hitter of the season: "Today, I went into the game determined to score the first run."](https://hochi.news/images/2026/06/24/20260624-OHT1I51461-L.jpg)
![[Softbank Hawks] Kenta Kenta Tanigawara to start in right field for the first time this season; Toshiya Nakamura, who joined starting line-up through the active player draft last offseason, to start for the first time in about five years.](https://hochi.news/images/2026/06/24/20260624-OHT1I51437-L.jpg)
![[Softbank Hawks] Soichiro Ishizuka removed from roster due to "fractured mandible"... Despite being hit in the face by a Hit by Pitch the previous day, he had a batting average of .364 after being called up for the first time this season on the 19th, but unfortunately has to be sidelined.](https://hochi.news/images/2026/06/24/20260624-OHT1I51303-L.jpg)
