What a shame! The Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters lost the first game of the 2011 season.

Most of the baseball fans in Hokkaido had not expected that Japan's No.1 pitcher, Darvish Yu, would be chased in the 7th inning by giving away 7 scores in the opening game of the 2011 pennant race yesterday evening. This evening,Wolfe started for the game against the Seibu Lions, and again,the Hokkaido Nippon Ham was beaten by the Lions by 3 to 8. It is for three consecutive years that the Nippon Ham lost more than two games in a row from the opening game for the new season.How disappointing!