◆ Pacific League Rakuten Eagles Rakuten vs. Orix Buffaloes (November 11th, Rakuten Eagles Mobile Saikyo Park Miyagi)
Rakuten Eagles 's pitcher, Masaru Fujii, joined the first team on the 11th.
Fujii has appeared in eight games this season, with a record of 1 win and 3 losses and ERA of 3.69. He was removed from the active roster on June 29.
In the farm league game against Nippon-Ham on the 7th, he pitched well, allowing only 4 hit 1 runs 6 innings. He continued to make a strong case for being called up again.
![[Photo] What!? Owner Mikitani in tears - the reason is...](https://hochi.news/images/2018/03/19/20180319-OHT1I50136-L.jpg)
![[Scoreboard] Rakuten Eagles vs. Orix Buffaloes](https://hochi.news/assets/v2/img/hochi_news_sns.png)
![[Orix Buffaloes] 36-year-old Masahiro Nishino, the oldest fielder, rejoins the first team: "I came here determined to climb back up again." Yusuke Mugitani also returns after three months.](https://hochi.news/images/2026/08/10/20260810-OHT1I51392-L.jpg)
![[Rakuten Eagles] Takes the lead in the first inning with just one single hit Yuya Ogo successfully steals third base, and a double double play by Fumiya Kurokawa is broken up, giving Rakuten the first run.](https://hochi.news/images/2026/04/11/20260411-OHT1I51256-L.jpg)
