[Farm] Akihiro Wakabayashi triple in his final at-bat as an active player, Naoki Arizono secured the double crown of hitter and Home Run king.
Pacific League Insight
2025.9.28(日) 16:34
On September 28th, The Fighters Eastern League regular season and Hokkaido Nippon-Ham vs. Tokyo Yakult 17th round at Kamagaya Stadium, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham lost 2-8. With 60 wins, 55 losses, and 2 draws, they finished the entire season in 4th place.
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Starter Ryusei Fujita pitcher allowed the first run in the first inning with consecutive doble, and then lost a total of 2 runs in this inning with one out bases loaded to sacrifice fly. In the top of the 3rd inning, he allowed an additional run with a timely hit from 2nd and 3rd base with 1 out, and left the game here. Haruki Miyauchi pitcher, who took over with one out on first and third base, gave up one run due to an error by his teammates.
In the top of the 6th inning, Keito Matsuura pitcher lost 1 run between the catch from 1 out and 3rd base, and became 6 runs behind in the bottom of the 6th. Yuma Imagawa player hit and other outs, and when Torai Fushimi player hit a timely doble from first and second base, Martinez added one more run between infield grounders.
In the top of the 7th inning, Sorato Kawakatsu pitcher runs were no-, and in the top of the 8th, Mizuki Hori pitcher finished with three consecutive struck out. However, in the top of the ninth, Ryusei Kawano pitcher hit a timely doble with two runs from one out and bases loaded, and the score was 8-2. In the bottom of the ninth, the batting line was hit by Kazuki Miyazaki player with two outs on first and second base, but in the end, pinch hitter Yushin Shimizu fell to the middle fly and the game ended.
The losing Hokkaido Nippon-Ham did not play a role with starter Ryusei Fujita pitcher 2.1 innings, 66 pitches, 7 hit 2 walks, Hit by Pitch 1 strike out 4 runs (earned runs 3). The batting line also finished with 6 hit 2 runs. In addition, Naoki Arizono player has a batting average of .306 and 18 Home Run, leading the hitter and securing the title of the most Home Run. Akihiro Wakabayashi, who has announced his retirement from active duty at the end of this season, is decorating his last at-bat with a triple.
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Ya Shohei Numata – Kohei Suzuki – Chuuki Hasegawa – Juri Hara – Daiki Yamamoto – Shota Maruyama – Yu Hirosawa
Sun ● Ryusei Fujita-Haruki Miyauchi- Shibuya Junki Shibuya-Keito Matsuura-Sorato Kawakatsu-Mizuki Hori-Ryusei Kawano
Written by Ao Yokoyama
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