Nippon-Ham Fighters’ Kotaro Kiyomiya: “I thought there wouldn’t be a second inning (strikeout)” – Excited about his first walk walk-off hit in two years | Pacific League

[Nippon-Ham] Kotaro Kiyomiya “I thought there would be no second inning (strikeout)” – Excited about his walk-off hit in two years

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2025.9.13(土) 20:47

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Nippon-Ham In Kotaro Kiyomiya infielder the 4-4 extra inning 11th inning with two outs bases loaded, he caught Yamada’s two seam fastball and hit a walk-off timely hit into the middle of the plate. Rakuten The first time in two seasons since April 1, 2011, he ended a four-hour, 40-minute battle with a dramatic hit in the first game of the season.

With the game tied in the ninth inning, with two outs and walk-off on first and second and a chance to win with one hit, he hit a fly ball to center field, and he said with a mischievous smile, “I knew I wouldn’t strike out twice. I knew it would be my turn with the bases bases loaded and two outs, so I had an idea of what to do. I couldn’t make it there (in the ninth inning), so I was glad that if I made the same mistake twice, I would have been disappointed.”

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