◆ Pacific League Softbank vs. Orix (22nd, Mizuho PayPay Dome)

Softbank Hawks, with a magic of 25, will be a battery for the second time between Ryosuke Otsu pitcher and Yudai Yamamoto catcher. The two were in the same grade in the 1998 academic year. In their first match on the 14th against Rakuten Eagles (Mizuho PayPay), they lost in 7 innings and 4 runs, but this time they secured a victory. Otsu set a personal best with 9 wins in the first half alone, but in the second half, he pitched in 2 games with 0 wins and 1 loss. He wants to make this a pitching move that changes the momentum.

Softbank Hawks 's starting line-up is as follows:

1 (Right) Masaki

2 (Central) Shuto

3 (left) Kondo

4 (3) Kurihara

5 (DH) Yanagida

6 (Catcher) Yu Yamamoto

7 (1) Takashi Hirose

8 (2) Makihara Dai

9 (play) Shoko

Starting pitcher: Otsu