◆2025 Persol Climax Series first baseman First Stage Game 1 Nippon-Ham 2-0 Orix (11th, Escon F)
Orix Yamashita looked back on his first start in the CS in a few words. I'm just frustrated that we got scored on," he said. runs The first time I went to the game, I was in the middle of the game," he said. The first two innings of the game were a bit of a struggle for him, and he took the 2 runs early on very seriously.
I haven't had a lot of experience with that kind of hitting," he said, biting his lip in the second death of the fourth inning with a runner at first base. double play With a runner on first and a runner at second, the game was unable to get back on track when Gunji hit fork, the first pitch of the inning, into the left-field bleachers. double play The team's batting lineup, which has been designed to match up well with Nippon-Ham and Ito, including So, who has a .500 batting average against them this season, had given up four runs in scoring position by the fifth inning.
In the first series in 2008 and 2014, they lost the first game, allowing Nippon-Ham to advance to the final series. Manager Kishida, who had been hoping for consecutive wins with Yamashita and Kuri, brought in Miyagi in the second game, aiming to turn the tables. "He's our ace, so I'm sure he'll do it," he said, believing in a miracle that would come from a 0% chance of winning. (Nambu Shunta)
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