◆Nippon Life Insurance Central vs. Pacific League Interleague Play 2025 Lotte 2x-1 The Giants = 10 innings extra inning = (5th, ZOZO)
Lotte recorded a winning streak with a dramatic walk-off win over The Giants, and won more games than they lost in 11 games since the Nippon-Ham game (Ace Con) on April 25-27. With this, they have reduced their deficit to 12 with 19 wins and 31 losses. Manager Yoshii said, "Sometimes we lose, sometimes we win. Because the opponent is a sport, you never know what the outcome will be," but added, "(Takabe) did a good job."
extra inning In the 10th inning, Yamamoto led off the inning with a hit to left and an error that put two runners on base with no outs. Aito sacrifice bunt fielder’s choice followed with an unearned run and a chance to get to first and third. After Fujioka declared intentional walk, Kakunaka substituted bases loaded for an unearned run and got a fly out. Oka, who was substituted out, got a pitching error bases loaded with two outs, but Takabe pushed out Hit by Pitch for the winning run. The game manager said, "I thought about substituting Takabe, but he's fast, and he also has infield hit a chance to hit, so he did a good job. I'm glad.
In the third inning, outfielder Kyota Fujiwara came up to bat with one out and hit his second solo home run of the game to right field off The Giants pitcher Iori Yamazaki. "I hit a slow curveball. It felt good when I hit it, but there was some wind so I wasn't sure how it would go, but I'm glad it went in," said Fujiwara. With count at 2-2, he caught an 87 km/h inside slow curveball, and the ball flew into the right field post. Still, they couldn't break Yamazaki down, and the team was limited to just three hit one run until the ninth inning.
Starting pitcher Atsuki Taneichi gave a passionate performance, throwing a season-high 128 pitches, allowing only three hit runs strike out he left mound in the ninth inning with the score at 1-1, putting his third win of the season on hold. "I was glad that Taneichi held out until the eighth inning. His fastball was good," he said in praise.
The last-placed team was struggling with a deficit of 14, the lowest batting average of .213 among the 12 teams, and the worst run scored in the league with 123 points just before the interleague games. In order to strengthen their organization just before the interleague games, they promoted Saburo, the second-team manager and general batting coach, to the first-team head coach, and made some other changes to the team, and the new organization started on the 3rd.
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・【Match Details】Lotte The Giants
・ [Lotte] Atsuki Taneichi, inspired by the good pitching of Iori Yamazaki, a right-hander of the same age, "I was very conscious of the heated pitcher battle"
・ [Lotte] Takabe's walk-off Extrusion Hit by Pitch won for the first time in 11 cards since April
・ [Lotte] Atsuki Taneichi 8 K1 runs in 8 innings with a season-high 128 pitches was not rewarded and did not earn a third win
・ [Lotte] Kyota Fujiwara hits Iori Yamazaki's No. 2 preemptive solo "The moment I hit it, it felt good"
