[Nippon-Ham] Manager Shinjo: “Takahashi was the best I’ve ever seen” -Seibu lose, 2.5 points behind SoftBank…
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2025.9.12(金) 22:19
Pacific League Nippon-Ham 3-7 Seibu (12th, ESCON)
Nippon-Ham lost to Seibu, widening the gap with Softbank did not have a game, to 2.5 games. After the game, manager Tsuyoshi Shinjo could only take his hat off to Seibu starting pitcher, Takahashi, saying through the team, “Today was the best I’ve ever seen Takahashi. That hit is hard to hit.” The team’s winning streak came to an end at two, widening the gap with the first-place Softbank, who did not have a game, to 2.5 games. Softbank ‘s magic number for the championship has decreased by one to 14.
Takahashi completely shut them down, allowing only five hit and no runs through the eighth inning. Even so, Reyes, who was batting first in the ninth, hit his 29th solo home run into the second-tier seats in left field, and then followed that up with five consecutive hits to score three runs, preventing Takahashi from pitching shutout game complete game. Gunji, who had hit hits, commented, “The Fighters these days seem like they can do anything even when they’re behind. It made me feel like if we made one wrong move, we could pull off a comeback, and that will help us tomorrow.”
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