Pacific League Nippon-Ham 7-5 Softbank (17th, Rakuten Mobile)
Nippon-Ham ‘s batting line scored points from the beginning, and starting pitcher Hiromi Ito pitched well, allowing four hit two runs in seven innings and striking out strike out, earning his 12th win, the most in both leagues.
Even so, with the team being overtaken in the final stages, manager Tsuyoshi Shinjo said with a wry smile, “Last year was still good, but the year before that… We were almost always overtaken and ended up losing in walk-off, but starting last year we gradually started to get the impression that we wouldn’t be overtaken, and that’s why we won today.” Looking back on the 3 hour 45 minute game, he said, “If it was going to be like that in the 8th inning (when we gave up 3 runs), Ito should have done it one more time (laughs). You never know.”
The conductor added, “The tension was really low before the game today. (My alma mater at Koshien lost to West Junior High Softbank walk-off and won. 3 minutes later, we changed members (laughs). Then, Director Miki also Orix walk-off home run. It was a tough day for both of us with low tension.
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