Nippon-Ham: Five consecutive hits in the first inning and six hitter in one go, delivering a blistering performance to hospitalized coach Yagi | Pacific League

[Nippon-Ham] Five consecutive hits in the first inning and a full rotation hitter led to six runs, delivering a blistering performance to hospitalized coach Yagi.

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2025.9.11(木) 18:59

◆ Pacific League Nippon-Ham vs Orix (11th, ES CON FIELD)

Nippon-Ham immediately defeated Orix ‘s second-year left-hander, Higashimatsu, who was aiming for his first professional win. They showed a fierce attack in the first hitter, scoring seven hit six runs, and sent the best “sympathy” to hitting coach Yagi, who was hit directly in the head by a bat and is currently hospitalized.

In the first inning, Nomura, the first batter, hit a curveball to left field, and Imagawa hit a high fastball to right field. With runners on first and second and no outs, Reyes hit a timely doble over the center field fence to take the lead.

The batting momentum continued, and with runners on second and third and no outs, Gunji hit a timely single to center field. Kiyomiya Go Matsumoto Tsuyoshi grounded out to third base, putting runners on first and third with one out, but Yamagata followed with a timely single to left field, scoring the fourth run. At this point, manager Kishida announced that Higashimatsu would be removed from the game.

The second batter, Takashima, didn’t let up either, and Narama hit a timely doble the left field line. With one out and runners on second and third, Tamiya attempted squeeze play on the first pitch, but it was fouled off, but he hit sacrifice fly to left field to score the sixth run.

Nomura, in his second at-bat, grounded out to second base, but hitter line-up was strong, with seven hit six runs in the first batting rotation. This was enough to reassure Coach Yagi.

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