◆ Voices of amazement at the powerful batting line-up: “I didn’t know until the end…”
Nippon-Ham played Seibu on the 16th and won 10-1. In the first inning, Ryota Isobata led off the inning with a groundout to hit. Shun Mizutani In the second inning, Yuya Gunji got a groundout on struck out, but Reyes hit a double to right hit to put runners on first and third, and Kazunari Ishii and Yuki Nomura followed with back-to-back singles to score the first three runs. The batting lineup exploded for 18 hit 10 runs, winning their fourth straight game.
In response to Shinjo’s leadership, which was on target that day as well, with Itsuhata showing 2 hit and Ishii 4 hit 1 RBI, Akio Saito, who appeared on Fuji Television One’s “Pro baseball News 2025” broadcast on January 16, said, “The order changes every day, and even the cleanup sometimes changes, but the players who are replaced every day are active. That is one reason for the depth of the lineup, but the scariest thing is that all the players who have been replaced can use their legs. When a batted ball goes between them, there are many who have the legs to get home from first base. It’s a bit of a threat,” he analyzed, “I didn’t know until the end, but today Kotaro Kiyomiya is missing. The opposing starter was right pitcher and I guess manager Shinjo had time to give Kiyomiya a rest,” he said in surprise.
Furthermore, when data was presented showing that there had been 84 different starting batting order combinations in 85 games this season, and that the same order had never been used for two consecutive games, Takagi Yutaka exclaimed in admiration, “Chusei Mannami is batting ninth today. That’s an incredible batting lineup.”
☆ Cooperation: Fuji TV ONE “Professional baseball News 2025”
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