Daiki Asama scores! Hokkaido Nippon-Ham wins the slugfest with a total of 26 hit 15 runs.
Pacific League Insight
2025.9.20(土) 18:07
On September 20, the 20th game between Hokkaido Nippon-Ham and Chiba Lotte was played in ES CON FIELD, with Hokkaido Nippon-Ham winning walk-off win 8-7.
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham took the lead in the bottom of the first inning with a timely hit by Shun Mizutani players from third base with one out, and in the bottom of the second inning, Chusei Mannami players pushed out from bases loaded with one out and Walk. In the bottom of the third, Kotaro Kiyomiya and Kazunari Ishii hit timely hits to extend the lead to four runs.
Starter Kota Tatsu pitcher, who received support from the beginning, got through with no runs in the first inning despite being in a pinch with 2 outs on 1st and 2nd base, and then retired with 3 players each in the next 2 inning. In the top of the 4th inning, Kyuto Ueda player hit No. 3 2 runs, but immediately after that, in the bottom of the 4th inning, the batting line was 2 outs and bases loaded Kiyomiya hit a timely doble of sweep to add 3 runs.
In the top of the 5th inning, Tatsu pitcher lost 2 runs due to a timely doble by the Misho Nishikawa player with no outs on 1st and 3rd base, and went down mound in the 5th inning with 7 hit 1 Walk 4 strike out 4 runs. In the top of the 6th inning, Nao Miyanishi pitcher took the mound, but left the mound with 2 outs and bases loaded due to his own errors and consecutive hits. Taisho Tamai pitcher took his place, but after a teammate’s error, runs scored one run in the top of the seventh inning when Kyosuke Kuroyanagi pitcher lost one run due to consecutive errors by a teammate and tied the game.
In the top of the 8th inning with the score 7-7, Kenta Uehara pitcher and in the top of the 9th, Yukiya Saito pitcher each retired with a three-way closer, and the batting line created a good opportunity in the bottom of the ninth inning with doble of Shu Yamagata players from two outs. Here, pinch hitter Daiki Asama hit a walk-off hit over outfielder ‘s head, and the game ended 8-7. Hokkaido Nippon-Ham, who won the slugfest, Ishii marked the 3 hit hard hit award.
On the other hand, the losing Chiba Lotte was in poor condition with pitcher 3.2 innings, 11 hit 4 walks Hit by Pitch 5 strike out 7 runs in 3.2 innings. The batting line showed tenacity and caught up with the middle, but fell one step short. Soto, Ueda, and Ryusei Ogawa have scored 2 hit.
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Ro Summons -Riku Kikuchi-Hirokazu Sawamura-Shuta Takano-Rikuto Yokoyama
Kota Tatsu, Nao Miyanishi, Taisho Tamai, Kyosuke Kuroyanagi, Kenta Uehara, and Yukiya Saito
Written by Aoi Nemoto
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