◆2025 Game 2 Softbank vs. Hanshin Tigers (26th, Mizuho PayPay)
Softbank infielder Ukyo Shuto hit four hit in a single game, the first such achievement since Hanshin Tigers in Game 7 of 2011.
With the score at 0-1 and a runner on first base, he created a chance with a single to right field. After that, Kurihara hit a timely single to right field to score the tying run.
With two outs in the second inning to make it 3-1, he scored his fourth run with a timely triple to left-center field. Duplantier threw wildly at the next batter, Yanagimachi. He easily came home from third base to score the fifth run.
Furthermore, with the score at 9-1 in the third inning with two outs and hit on first base, he hit a line drive to center field, earning his first multi-hit game. In the fifth inning with two outs and a runner on first base, he hit a line drive to center field for his fourth hit. While on first base, he made a "4" gesture to the bench to show his support.
This marks the third time the team has had four hit in a single Japan Series game, following Okamoto Isami in Game 1 of 1959 and Ryoya Kurihara in Game 2 of 2020.
Yanagi, who was batting ahead of him, also had three hit, and the first and second batter combination struck fear into the Tigers' pitcher staff.
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