Nippon-Ham loses second straight game in battle for first place. After failing to capitalize on the fifth inning, Tanizawa says, “I was secretly hoping we could go one more time.” | Pacific League

◆ Mr. Sakaguchi: “If I could have sent it to Moinelo…”

Nippon-Ham lost the second match against Softbank 0-1 on the 10th. In the 5th inning chasing one run, the batting line reached base with Chusei Mannami in the middle of the hit, but Kazunari Ishii tried to sacrifice bunt two pitches in a row but failed, and was then hit by a fly ball. In the following Torai Fushimi, Taiki Narama also fell to a struck out and could not develop a good opportunity.

Softbank The team allowed 3 hit 13 struck out and shutout game runs to Moinello, who suffered his second straight loss in the top flight Nippon-Ham. Tomotaka Sakaguchi, MC of Fuji TV One’s “Pro baseball News 2025” broadcast on January 10, commented, “Nippon-Ham had good chances, too, and I think that in the fifth inning when Ishii was on first base with no outs, if he had been able to send it in, he could have put a little pressure on Moinello. Kenichi Tanizawa, a commentator, commented, “If runner he advances into scoring position, there will be pressure on him. breaking ball I failed to sacrifice bunt twice in the first inning, and I was thinking inside that I should go for it one more time,” he said, pointing out that he should have bunted the ball three times. Sakaguchi also regretted, “I wanted to advance.

☆ Cooperation: Fuji TV ONE “Professional baseball News 2025”