[Farm] No. 4 hitter Tomoya Masaki grand slam! Fukuoka Softbank leads the team to consecutive wins
Pacific League Insight
2025.9.25(木) 16:31
On September 25, Western League regular season Orix vs. Fukuoka Softbank 31st round was played in Sugimotoshoji Buffaloes Stadium Maishima, and Fukuoka Softbank won comfortably 7-2.
From the first inning, the Fukuoka Softbank batting line erupted in flames. No. 1 Itua Ikhine suddenly created a bases loaded chance with three consecutive hits, and No. 4 Tomoya Masaki home run to left center. He took the lead in the grand slam of the slugger, who is eagerly awaited to return to the first team.
In terms of throwing, starter Taiga Kamichatani pitcher pitched 3 innings, 4 hit 4 strike out 1 Walk no runs. In the bottom of the 4th inning, 2nd runner Shota Takeda pitcher scored 1 run, but he got through the 1st out bases loaded with double play. In the top of the 5th inning immediately after refusing the pinch, Tomoya Inoue player scored an additional run with a timely triple of 2 runs from 1st and 2nd base, and Ryuta Hirose’s sacrifice fly.
Haruhiro Hamaguchi pitcher gave up one run in the bottom of the ninth, but Fukuoka Softbank got away. While not losing to the Western championship, they won consecutive victories against Orix, who are competing for the championship, and won these three consecutive matches. Yuto Kawamura is active with 3 hit, Masaki has 2 hit 4 RBI, and Inoue has 2 hit 2 RBI.
Orix was replaced without a single out, including starter Kento Kawase pitcher being hit by bases loaded bullets. In the top of the sixth, Kyosuke Saito pitcher took the mound for the first time in about two months in 6th place, and closer the first inning to hit runs. The batting line showed determination with Seiya Yokoyama 1 hit 2 RBI, but they were unable to decorate the final game at home with a white star.
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Taiga Taiga Kamichatani- Shota Shota Takeda-Kazuo Ono-Katsuki Matayoshi-Haruhiro Hamaguchi
O ● Kento Kawase-Taiki Ono-Keisuke Honda-Shota Abe-Nobuyoshi Yamada-Kyosuke Saito- Hiroshi -Kazutomo Iguchi-Ryusei Gonda
Text by Ayako Kikuchi
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