Nippon-Ham: Kiyomiya leads the league with 60 RBI RBI 4, closing the gap to 3.5 with an entrance song dedicated to his senior who announced his retirement | Pacific League

[Nippon-Ham] Kiyomiya finished second in the league with 60 RBI RBI 4, and closed the gap to 3.5 with an entrance song dedicated to his senior who announced his retirement.

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2025.9.21(日) 04:55

Pacific League Nippon-Ham 8-7 Lotte (20th, Escon)

Nippon-Ham won walk-off victory against Lotte Marines (ESCON) on the 20th. The lead over the losing team, the leading Softbank, is now 3.5 games behind. infielder Kotaro Kiyomiya (26), who started as the fifth batter and starting line-up, contributed with two hit and four RBI. With RBI, he is now second in Pacific League behind Reyes.

Just after being down by two runs, in the 4th inning, with two outs bases loaded. He caught Lotte starter Sammons’ first pitch, a 130 km cutter sweep in the right middle doble of the field. He followed up his third-inning homer to right with a single to score 4 RBI runs.

He chose “Perfect Human” as the song for his first appearance at bat. Nakata, who played his retirement game on the 19th Chunichi, used this song as his entrance song in his Nippon-Ham days. Nakata said, “Since I didn’t have a match yesterday, I wanted to play it. I wanted to play it. I feel like an era is coming to an end.

After losing their head-to-head match, this was the first game since manager Shinjo declared he would “win 10 games in a row.” They won a close game and kept their hopes alive with a win. With four RBI, Nakata commented, “I think of him as a RBI earner, and I want to inherit his strong hitting style.” There are nine games left. With this crucial hit, they will continue to rack up wins. (Yamaguchi Yasushi)

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