[Seibu] Takahashi Mitsunari: "There's no way out of this." He gave up 4 hit 1 runs in the 7th inning, but was unable to win for the first time in 583 days. "We just have to keep pitching one pitch at a time."

Sports Hochi

2025.4.15(火) 22:35

◆ Pacific League Orix 1-0 Seibu (15th, Kyocera Dome)

Seibu 's starting pitcher Mitsunari Takahashi left the game after giving up four hit and one runs in the seventh inning. Without support from the batting line, the team was unable to achieve its first win in 583 days since September 10, 2023. The 13-game losing streak since last season is the worst for the team, breaking Sumida's 12-game losing streak from 2022 to 2023, and the worst in the baseball world since Kawagoe Hidetaka (Orix) lost 15 games in a row from 2002 to 2003. However, he looked ahead and said, "It's taking time, but we're really persistent. There's no escape from this, so we just have to face it and pitch one game at a time."

In the first inning, after 10 pitches to Mugitani in the leadoff spot, he allowed a bases-loaded walk to hit Nakamae, and then allowed the go-ahead run to score on Ota's second grounder. In the second inning, he couldn' Walk t get the ball in place, and he was able to get through the runs bases loaded with no outs in the second inning, but with the advice of Coach Nishiguchi and Coach Toyoda, he recovered by slashing three consecutive inning in the third, fourth, and fifth innings.

Last season, he pitched in 15 games but was unable to win a single game since the start of the season, with a record of 0 wins and 11 losses. His first appearance of the season was on the 30th against Nippon-Ham (Belluna D), where he gave up 7 hit 6 runs in 5 innings, resulting in his first loss. In his second game on the 8th against Lotte (Belluna D), he gave up 4 hit 1 runs in 5 innings, but the batting line did not support him and the team was not awarded a win or loss. He had been aiming for his first win in 583 days since September 10, 2023.