[Pacific League CS] For the first time in the postseason, two pitcher strike out in a single game. The combined total of 24 struck out for both teams is tied for the most.
Sports Hochi
2025.10.17(金) 21:49
In the third game of the final stage (S) of the 2025 Persol Climax Series Pacific League, the struggling Nippon-Ham defeated Softbank with a complete victory, bringing their series record to 1 win and 3 losses (Softbank had a 1-win advantage). Manager Tsuyoshi Shinjo (53) appointed catcher Yuya Gunji (27), who had been hit and slow until Game 2, as the fourth batter and third baseman. He lived up to expectations with a leadoff sacrifice fly in the first inning and a three-run doble in the seventh, scoring four RBI. On the pitching side, pitcher Hiromi Ito (28) pitched eight runs innings, striking out 11 strike out. He showed the determination of an ace.
Ito, the most winning Nippon-Ham in the Pacific League, pitched 8 innings, and 11 strike out. post season (PO), the 15th player to reach double digits strike out in the CS since Uesawa Softbank in the same game, and the 21st time since. He and his opponent Uesawa also reached double digits strike out in the same game, the first time in PO and CS that two pitcher in a single game reached double digits strike out.
Nippon-Ham Both Softbank and were 12 struck out for a total of 24 struck out for both teams, tying the final S5 game of ’14 Softbank (14 struck out) vs. Nippon-Ham (10 struck out) for a total of 24 struck out for the most PO and CS games struck out total (both teams) in the Pacific.
Softbank Uesawa, the starter, pitched 6 2/3 innings and 10 strike out. He was the 14th player to reach double digits strike out in PO and CS for the 20th time, following Nippon-Ham and Fukushima in the final S2 games this year. He also became the second player to steal double digits struck out and become lose pitcher after Fukushima this year.
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