Pacific League Insight, the official web magazine for the six Pacific League teams, brings you videos of impressive plays from the 2025 season so you can enjoy Pacific League even during the offseason! It is updated daily from Monday to Friday with a theme for each day of the week!
Monday... Special feature on memorable "professional firsts and milestones"
Tuesday...Tense "shutout game and Firefighting" Special
Wednesday... baseball 's highlight! "home run" special
Thursday... You'll be amazed! "Fine Play" Special
Friday...A dramatic ending! "walk-off" special
Today, December 26th (Friday), Fukuoka Softbank Taisei Makihara Let's take a look back at walk-off hits hit by the players!
The score was 1-1 extra inning of the 12th inning... The hit that decided the breathtakingly close game
After struggling in April, Fukuoka Softbank has been on a roll since May, winning four consecutive games. On May 18th, they faced Tohoku Rakuten Eagles in their third game of the series, tied at 1-1.
Both starting pitcher,
Naoyuki Uwasawa pitcher Yahoo!, pitched well, and the team went into the final innings with a one-point lead. pitcher had pitched a runs eighth inning, but Osuna took the pitcher in the top of the ninth, but the game was tied. The game went into extra inning innings.
With the score still 1-1, the bottom of the 12th inning saw a series of Hit by Pitch, leaving the bases loaded loaded with one out, creating the biggest opportunity of the day. Up to bat was Makihara Dai, who had been in hit up until this one. He hit the first pitch, a low, outside breaking ball, to right field, and the game was decided in an instant. He shared a warm embrace with first base runner Riku Watanabe.
With momentum building, the team won the interleague games, rose to the top of the league, and achieved consecutive Pacific League victories. They also became Japan's first champions in five years. Makihara Dai made a major contribution to the team's batting, hitting over 30% for three consecutive months starting in June. With a season batting average of .304, he also became the first hitter from the development team to be crowned the batting champion.
