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

Softbank 's batting line scored 10 points early on to win the game, tying the series at 1 win and 1 loss. infielder Ukyo Shuto led the batting line with five hit in a single game, the most in a game in history.

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.

With the score at 9-1 in the third inning, he hit a line drive to center field with two outs and a runner on first base, earning him 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, giving him his fourth hit tying him for the most hits in history.

The new record came in the seventh inning. In his fifth at-bat with two outs and no runner on base, he hit doble the left field line off of Hanshin Tigers 's Yuasa, making his mark.

"I'm very happy because I never thought I'd be able to make my mark with batting in this long history."

He has maintained his good form since the Climax Series (CS). "Since the CS, and even in yesterday's game, I thought I was hitting well, so I think it was good that I tried not to think, 'I'm not hitting very well,'" he said, citing positive thinking as one of the reasons for his success.

Looking ahead to the third game on the 28th, which will be played on enemy territory, he called on Hanshin Tigers fans at Koshien are truly amazing, so let's cheer loudly and fight alongside the players so we don't lose."

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