◆ A great pitching performance with 7 innings and only 2 runs! Oya: "I worked hard to get the outs, so it paid off."

Rakuten Eagles ・ On the 12th, Kenta Maeda started against the Orix Buffaloes. With a strong performance—7 innings, 103 pitches, 7 hit, 4 strike out, 1 Walk, and 2 runs—he became the 145th pitcher in history to reach 100 career wins in the NPB.

On the Fuji TV ONE program "Pro baseball News 2026" aired on the 12th, MC Yutaka Takagi said, "The weather was bad, and there were interruptions. But they won three straight games, bringing their NPB record to 100 wins. They struggled quite a bit at the beginning of spring, but they've improved now." Commentator Akihiko Oya analyzed, "It seems like they've gotten used to the ball," and regarding pitch performance that day, he said, "They gave up a run first, but they kept trying hard to get outs after that, so it paid off."

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