[Today’s NPB highlights] If Nippon-Ham-Ham’s Fukushima wins, it will be his fifth consecutive win since the start of the season. If two players in the same season win five straight games following the two of them, it will be the first time in 10 years since Ohtani and others did so in 2015.
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2025.9.21(日) 10:00
☆ Nippon-Ham vs. Lotte (14:00, ES CON FIELD) Nippon-Ham = Fukushima, Lotte = Kojima
The second-place Nippon-Ham will face the Lotte Marines on the 21st. Fukushima, who has won four straight games since the start of the season, will start. If they win, it will be their fifth straight win since the start of the season, and if they achieve this, they will become the second player on the team this season after Nippon-Ham:
1962 Masayuki Dobashi, Yukio Ozaki, Osamu Kubota
1981 Isamu Kida and Shigeari Mashiba
2009 Tomoya Yagi and Nao Miyanishi
2015 Shohei Ohtani, Mitsuo Yoshikawa
This has happened four times in the past. If Fukushima can win five straight games to start the season, he will become the first two pitchers to do so in 10 years, since Ohtani and Yoshikawa. Will Nippon-Ham pitcher pitchers, who are chasing the top-ranked Softbank, step up?
(Other cards)
☆ Yakult vs Hanshin Tigers (18:00, Jingu Stadium) Yakult = Yamano, Hanshin Tigers = Masaru Ito
☆ DeNA vs Hiroshima (18:00, Yokohama) DeNA = Taira, Hiroshima = Tsunehiro
☆ Chunichi vs. The Giants (1:30 PM, Vantelin Dome) Chunichi = Ohno, The Giants = Masahiro Tanaka
☆ Rakuten vs. Seibu (13:00, Rakuten Mobile) Rakuten = Fujii, Seibu = Sumida
☆ Softbank vs. Orix (14:00, Mizuho PayPay Dome) Softbank = Arihara, Orix = Sato
※ Match card (start time, stadium) and starting pitcher order
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