◆2025 Persol Climax Series Pacific Final Stage Game 3 Softbank Nippon-Ham (17th, Mizuho PayPay Dome)
Nippon-Ham 's starting pitcher, Hiromi Ito, allowed only four hit, no walk, and no runs through the fifth inning.
After the second game, he commented, "I want to take to mound with a calm mind, as always. First of all, I want to enter the game with a good mentality," and as such, he approached the early innings calmly. He made full use of his 150+ km/h fastball, splitter, and sweeper. Although he allowed hit to hitter in the first and second innings, he shut down the following batters. He allowed hit in the third and fourth innings as well, but did not allow any runs, and in the fifth inning he retired all three batters. pitcher coach Kato wished his ace a good pitching performance, saying, "This is a game we cannot lose. I'm entrusting it to (Ito) Taikai."
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