◆ Mr. Iwamoto pointed out that "a vicious cycle has been created since yesterday."
Softbank On August 19, the Pacers lost the fifth game of the final stage of the "2025 PERSOL Climax Series Pa" to the Nippon-Ham, 1-7, lose. Nippon-Ham They scored two runs in the top of the fourth inning, and with two outs and runners on first and third Ryosuke Otsu, Hernandez took over at second, but allowed a timely hit to Kota Yazawa. He then gave up two runs in the top of the fifth inning, and with one out and runners on second and third, Hernandez was replaced by Haru Matsumoto, but lost a run on squeeze.
On the 19th, Fuji TV ONE's "Professional baseball News 2025" focused on pitcher rotation as a reason for the loss. Commentator Tomotaka Sakaguchi said, "pitcher couldn't hold on. In hindsight, I felt like Otsu could have just let it go to Yazawa. There weren't hit that were completely hit, so even though we were taking responsibility for this short-term battle...it didn't feel like the timing was quite right, so I was a bit unsure." Another commentator, Kenji Koshino, commented, "In short-term battles like this, it's better to make substitutions early, but Hernandez's condition was not good. I think they stretched him out a bit too much and were a bit slow to react. It's hard to stop their momentum. It's true that they could still lose one more game, so they shouldn't show too much impatience."
MC Tsutomu Iwamoto said, "From yesterday's game, the Softbank bench has been very tough mound for a long time from pitcher of bullpen, such as when they change from two outs, and when things happen and they have to step over inning to about two outs, they change pitcher and then step over inning again. For example, if you go out with two outs and get an out on one pitch, the tension is once you go back to the bench and straddle inning the bench, so even if you end up 1 inning with 4 or 5 pitches in the new inning, you're still 2 inning tired. That's where you get nervous, settle down once on the bench, and then get nervous again, which is the most physically exhausting thing you can do. That vicious cycle has Softbank been created a little bit," he said, complaining about the pitcher changeover from yesterday.
☆ Cooperation: Fuji TV ONE "Professional baseball News 2025"
