◆Preseason match Hiroshima vs Softbank (23rd, Mazda Stadium)

Softbank pitcher Naoyuki Uwasawa finished his pre-season warm-up appearance by pitching 4 1/3 innings, allowing five hit no runs.

In the first inning, a series of hits with one out put runners on first and second, but Montero got out of the jam with a double double play. With one out bases loaded in the third inning, Koenen got out of the jam with a fork single to double play get out of the jam. The first inning was a 1-0 loss to the Broncos, and the second inning was a 1-1 loss to the Yankees, but the third inning was a 1-1 loss to the Phillies. I didn't want to score as many runs as possible. struck out I didn't want to score as many runs as possible, so I went for it," he said.

On the 16th, in the game against Nippon-Ham (Mizu Pay Pay), he gave up 9 hit and 5 runs in 5 innings, but the accuracy of his fastball and fork has improved in the past week. Looking ahead to his first start of the season against Lotte on the 30th (Mizuho Pay Pay), he said, "I'm glad I was able to finish the game without giving up any runs before the season started, but I'm also reflecting on it. What I'm going to do won't change. I want to attack with a more strike-first approach."

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