◆2025 Persol Climax Series Pacific Final Stage Game 5: Softbank 1-7 Nippon-Ham (19th, Mizuho PayPay Dome)
With three straight wins, Nippon-Ham put themselves in a strong position to advance to the Japan Series. With bases loaded loaded and no outs in the fourth inning, Kiyomiya hit a grounder to first base to score the first run, and then Tamiya hit a sacrifice sacrifice fly and Yazawa hit a timely doble to take a three-run lead. In the fifth inning, Kiyomiya hit a timely doble and Tamiya squeeze to add three more runs, and in the sixth inning, they added another run on an error to extend their lead.
On the pitching side, starter Ruei-Yang Gu Lin pitched well, not runs until the middle of the fourth inning, and from the fifth inning onwards, the team continued to hold off the opposing batting line's counterattacks with relief pitching.
After suffering consecutive losses in the second game and being pushed to the brink of disaster, Nippon-Ham manager Tsuyoshi Shinjo said, "If we win four games from tomorrow, a dramatic event will unfold, which will be interesting," and those words are now becoming more realistic.
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