◆ Pacific League vs. Softbank Hawks (26th, ZOZO Marine Stadium)
Lotte pitcher Naoya Masuda achieved his 800th career appearance, becoming the 9th player in history to do so. It has been 5,262 days since he made his first appearance in a game against the Rakuten Eagles on March 30, 2012. The veteran, who just achieved his 250th career save as the 5th player in history during the Seibu Lions game (ZOZO) on the 4th, added another accolade to his career.
![[Photo] Lotte's coach Tomohiro Kuroki takes a photo with his beautiful daughter "Joniko"! "They look so alike!"](https://hochi.news/images/2026/08/07/20260807-OHT1I51112-C.jpg)
![[Scoreboard] Lotte vs. Softbank Hawks](https://hochi.news/assets/v2/img/hochi_news_sns.png)
![[Lotte] Long gets shelled for 5 runs in the first inning; a heavy atmosphere hangs over the team from the start, even the day after a 0-9 blowout.](https://hochi.news/images/2026/08/26/20260826-OHT1I51421-L.jpg)
![[Lotte] Rikuto Yokoyama becomes the seventh player in the team's history to record 30 saves. Manager Saburo asks him to grow into a closer of the caliber of the "Great Demon King": "He has to become like Sasaki-san, or we'll be in trouble."](https://hochi.news/images/2026/08/23/20260823-OHT1I51613-L.jpg)
![[Lotte] Wins a close game for their third straight win, Kyota Fujiwara hits a home run and more, and Rikuto Yokoyama and the seventh player in team history to do so.](https://hochi.news/images/2026/08/23/20260823-OHT1I51544-L.jpg)
