Pacific League: Orix 1-7 Nippon-Ham (2nd, Kyocera Dome Osaka)
One night after the turbulent, slapstick move, win appeared at the press conference with his Nippon-Ham ・Director Tsuyoshi Shinjo (53) opened his mouth with concern. He said, “I’m tired. He’s tired. He had that trouble, and it’s a day game today. I’ll have him take a good rest today and have the lights go out at 7:30 p.m.” The day before, he had been delayed by two airline flights and was unable to make it to the airport. The day before, the team had arrived in Osaka after two flight delays and a route change, taking about seven hours to get there, only to lose a night game walk-off. In the day game on the day of the game, he returned the favor to Orix the team, and encouraged the nine players with a rare directive that is typical of a commander.
Behind win was a thorough preparation. On this day, the team entered the stadium and started practice about 30 minutes later than usual, starting warm-ups at noon. The batting practice was also shortened, and practice was completely cut short one hour before the start of the game, prioritizing conditioning. Starting catcher Gunji said, “There was an atmosphere of things getting a little sluggish after what happened yesterday. The whole team was able to cover for that.” He looked relieved at the win despite the difficult preparations.
Starter Verhagen made the game 1-runs in the fifth inning, and four relievers relayed runs nothing. The batting line scored 2 runs in the first inning, added 1 run each in the 4th, 6th, and 8th innings, and showed a perfect game by scoring 2 runs in the 9th inning. In the end, they overwhelmed 3rd place Orix 7-1 and ended their losing streak at 2.
This brings their lead back to 20, keeping them just one game behind the leader, Softbank. The Shinjo-Ham Fighters, who overcame the difficulties as a team, are now even stronger as they aim to win the league for the first time in nine years. (Haruki Kawakami)
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