Softbank Hawks win Seibu 3-1 in their game at Seibu Lions PayPay Stadium on the 2nd. Starting pitcher Ryosuke Otsu pitched a tenacious 7 innings, throwing 92 pitches, allowing 3 hit, 1 Home Run, strike out 4, and giving up 1 runs, earning his career-high 8th win.

On the June 2nd, CS Fuji TV ONE's 'Pro baseball News 2026' aired a highlight of Otsu's pitch of the day. Commentator Tomotaka Sakaguchi said, "I think it's neither good nor bad. He's a player with a very many pitches, so he can change his key pitches into various pitches pitcher. But today, sinker was good, and it was also his specialty. I think he communicated within a battery by working backwards to get a swing-and-miss struck out on that pitch. It was a pitching style with a certain flavor," he commented.

Shohei Tateyama, who was also providing commentary, analyzed, "It's definitely change-up. When he throws to right-handed batters, he throws it from slightly above. When he throws to left-handed batters, it's more of a three-change-up he's throwing."

☆ Cooperation: Fuji TV ONE "Professional baseball News 2026"