◆2025 Persol Climax Series Pacific Final Stage Game 5 Softbank Nippon-Ham (19th, Mizuho PayPay Dome)
Nippon-Ham 's starting pitcher, Ruei-Yang Gu Lin, pitched 4 2/3 innings, allowing only 2 hit, strike out, and allowing no runs, before handing the baton over to Yamazaki Fukuya.
After the game the day before, "The Hawks is a strong team and has good batters. I want to give everything I have from the first pitch," and showed a pitch as he said. Against the opponent's No. 4 Yanagida, he took a swing struck out with a 157 km fastball with two outs and second base in the first inning, and took a struck out swing with a 129 km curve in the fourth inning. In the 4th inning, with 2 outs and 2nd base, Coach Shinjo announced a replacement, but he made a solid game with 65 pitches. Kato pitcher Coach also commented that he was throwing a very good ball.
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