◇Tohoku Rakuten Eagles vs The Giants "Nippon Life Central-Pacific League Interleague 2026" Round 2 (10th, Rakuten Eagles Mobile Saikyo Park Miyagi)

​Sota Fujiwara pitcher, the Tohoku Rakuten Eagles 's first-round draft rookie, made his first relief appearance since turning pro. In the top of the second inning, he recorded three consecutive struck out.

Starter Tatsuki Koja pitcher was pulled due to an accident, including being benched once in the first inning, and Fujiwara pitcher made an emergency appearance in the second inning. Starting from the fifth batter The Giants, he delivers a confident pitching performance against the lineup. Against Takuzo Oshiro, he got the ball on the struck out with a fastball, and Cabbage swung and missed struck out with his signature slider. He also scored a struck out on a breaking ball to Naoki Yoshikawa as he escaped into the ball zone.

pitcher Fujiwara gave up one run in the top of the third inning of the second inning with consecutive long-base hits but pulled through with a minimum runs, throwing 32 pitches and 3 hit in two innings with no walks Hit by Pitch 4 strike out 1 runs. It was a sudden turn to give him a breakthrough.

Text by Ao Yokoyama