◆SMBC Japan Series 2025 Game 2: Softbank 10-1 Hanshin Tigers (26th, Mizuho PayPay)

Softbank 's batting line scored 10 points early in the game to pull off a comeback victory, tying the series at 1 win and 1 loss.

One run was scored in the first inning, but in the second inning, the team got into the flow of the game by scoring three runs on the same hit by Ryoya Kurihara infielder and the winning two runs by Hotaka Yamakawa infielder doble.

In the second inning, Yamakawa hit a three-run home run, his second of the Japan Series (S), to seal the win, and the team had scored nine points by the second inning.

No. 1 Yanagida had a great game, and No. 2 Shuto had five hit, the most in a Japan Series game. No. 3 Yanagimachi had one At Bat in four at-bats, two Walk, and reached base three times. The trio of No. 1, hit 2, and No. 3 created chances and continued to put pressure on the Tigers' pitcher, which was one of the reasons for the victory.

On the pitching side, starter Uesawa pitched well, allowing only 5 hit runs 6 innings. The right-handed pitcher, who earned his first win in his first appearance in the Japan Series, wiped the sweat from his brow and said, "Thanks to the support from fielder from the early innings, I think I was able to pitch tenaciously with the fewest runs allowed."

Hernandez was in relief in the seventh inning, Haru Matsumoto took over in the eighth and ninth innings until there was one out, and Hikaru Kimura closed the outs.

The Hawks' ●〇 starts were in 1955 and 1966 when they failed to win the championship, and in 2014 and 2018 when they became Japan's top teams.

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