[Nippon-Ham] Manager Shinjo: “We’re going for three” Opening pitcher Ito, Game 2 Kitayama, Game 3 Tatsuya… Defeat the Softbanks with three straight wins to start the season | Pacific League

[Nippon-Ham] Manager Shinjo: “We’re going for three” Opening pitcher Ito, second game Kitayama, third game Tatsuya… Defeating the softball team with three consecutive wins to start the season

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2025.11.22(土) 18:01

Nippon-Ham Director Tsuyoshi Shinjo of the “F FES” surprised Hiromi Ito with a surprise appointment to the opening pitcher on March 22. He attended the fan appreciation event “F FES” held at ESCON. The ace who won the Sawamura Award this season will stand mound at the opening Softbank game (Mizuho Pay Dome) on March 27 next year. The commander said, “I thought Ito-kun would be good for the first round of the FES, but since it’s a Softbank game, I thought I’d have Moinello and Ito-kun fight one more time to give them some momentum. I would have been happy with Tatsu instead of someone who has already played once, but I want to give it a shot next year so that I can get the three points. However, I’m not sure how it will work out because of the WBC. If that happens, we’ll see.” He vowed to win the opening three games in a row, with Kitayama in the second game and Tatsu in the third.

In addition, Yamagata, who hit two consecutive Home Run off Moinelo this season, was surprisingly named as the starting fifth batter, short stop, with the announcement, “Exclusively for Moinelo, we will have Yamagata as the fifth starting line-up.”

At the same event last season, he excited fans by quickly naming Kanemura as the opening pitcher, Nomura as the opening fourth batter, closer Tanaka and Saito as closers.

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