◆2025 Persol Climax Series Pacific Final Stage Game 5 Softbank 1-7 Nippon-Ham (19th, Mizuho PayPay Dome)

In Game 5 of the final stage (S) of the 2025 PERSOL Climax Series Pa, Nippon-Ham dominated Softbank 7-1 for their third straight win. The teams were even at 3-3 (with one win advantage for Softbank), and they were on the verge of advancing to the Japan Series (S). Kotaro Kiyomiya infielder RBI If they win the 6th game on the 20th, they will get a ticket to the Japan S. If they win 4 games in a row after going 0-3, it will be the first time in their CS history. The Shinjo style "make-drama" is at its climax.

He raised his index finger and gracefully left the stadium. About one minute after the end of the game, Manager Shinjo chanted "One more, one more, one more, one more" four times, smiling as he passed the press. Following his team comment after Game 4, "Ask the players today and tomorrow," he made no interviews for three days in a row. The team has stormed back from the brink of two straight losses to win three straight. They are now one win away from breaking through a four-game winning streak after a 0-3 record, a first in CS history. The manager, who was in a tight spot after the game on the 16th, said, "If we win four, it'll be a drama," and now they're just one win away from making that happen.

squeeze There is and end run Shinjo baseball scored 8 hit 7 runs. The absolute champion was overwhelmed. The centerpiece of the team's success is Sachi Kiyomiya, who scored the first run of the game in the 4th inning bases loaded with no outs, and in the 5th inning bases loaded with one out at 3-0, he gave up two doble runs to right field for a team-high 3 RBI. "I had assumed before the game that there would be many walk from Morley (Reyes)," he said. He was able to avoid two Walk chances to win the game, but as No. 5, he didn't miss the chances created by the in-form Reyes. 4 straight hit games and a .300 batting average in the final S. "I have nothing to lose," he said. The first time I saw him, I thought, "I've got nothing to lose.

The 26-year-old, who has played in a team-high 138 games this season, had one game in which he was ready to be a mainstay: against Orix Kyocera D on September 6. With the tying run on first and second with one out in the sixth inning, he popped up on a deep fly runner to right field for a painful double play. The next day, I was called in by the coach and reprimanded, saying, "You shouldn't do this kind of thing. He had been warned by his coach before, but a direct warning was a rarity. He said, "If you play downwards, the fans will see it. As long as I am allowed to play in the most games, I have to act as the face of the team," he said.

At a press conference on the day before the first stage of the CS on the 10th, the manager teased him about his 14 errors, the worst in both leagues, saying, "Try not to let first baseman ball to first base fly too far." The player with number 21, who is usually called by his first name, "Kotaro," has had no errors in seven CS games. "When I perform well, I want to repay him with results so that I can say, 'I know they're making fun of me,'" he said, imagining how he would repay the favor by becoming the best in Japan.

Last season, ace pitcher Ito was saved for the first set and started in the first game of the final set against Softbank, but they suffered three straight losses. This season, they have taken a "straightforward" approach, using Ito from the first game of the first set, and have come this far. The team is almost evenly matched with the others on the season, with 12 wins and 13 losses. This proves the manager's confidence, saying, "The players are growing. I don't feel there is a difference in ability." The "new make-up drama" is reaching its climax and reaching its conclusion. (Kawakami Haruki)

◆Record Memo With three straight wins, Nippon-Ham now has a record of 3 wins and 3 losses (including wins and losses due to advantage), putting them in a position to reverse the lead. The scores of the teams that have reversed the lead in the post season (PO) and CS to advance to the Japan Series are as follows (□ and ■ are wins and losses due to advantage):

1973 Hankyu ●〇●〇 →● Nankai

1977 Hankyu 〇●●〇 →〇Lotte

2004 Daiei 〇●●〇 →● Seibu

2005 Softbank ●●〇〇 →●Lotte

2007 Lotte ●〇●〇 →● Nippon-Ham

10 years Lotte ■ 〇●●〇〇 → 〇Softbank

12 Year Giants□●●●〇〇→〇Chinese/Japanese

2014 Nippon-Ham ■●〇〇●〇→● Softbank

24 Year Giants □●●●〇〇→●DeNA

Nippon-Ham in 2013 ■●●〇〇〇→？Softbank

This is the 10th time since The Giants last year. It is the first time that a team has won three straight games after going from 0-3 to 3-0. They have advanced three times in the past nine times, with a 33% success rate. Since the first team to win four games was established, they have advanced and lost twice, making it an even split.

Incidentally, only three teams have ever won four straight games after three straight losses in the Japan Series: Nishitetsu in 1958, Seibu in 1986 (a draw in the first game), and The Giants in 1989.

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