◆Nippon Life Insurance Central vs. Pacific League Interleague Series Nippon-Ham 8x-7 Hiroshima = 10 innings extra inning = (15th, ES CON FIELD)
Nippon-Ham Fighters manager Tsuyoshi Shinjo led his team to a seven-run comeback victory, his first since taking over as manager in 2008. It was the team's first major comeback victory in 17 years.
With the score tied extra inning in the 10th inning, Tamiya's second solo shot over the right field wall in the middle of the inning walk-off won the game. Manager Shinjo said, "I was impressed. All the players who came up to the plate hit. I was relieved." He was pleased that Tamiya, Nomura, Nakajima, Miyazaki, and all four players who had just been promoted on the 13th were involved in the comeback win.
The manager continued, "We were a bit worried after we scored six runs in the sixth inning, but the players did well to catch up and score in the end. Looking in the stands, I didn't see that many people had left. I was really happy, and the fact that all the fans who were expecting something stayed behind led to walk-off home run."
The game was tied in the sixth inning with a hitter onslaught against the Hiroshima batting lineup in runs the sixth inning. At this point, they had a seven-point lead. The counterattack starts from behind the scenes. In the top of the sixth, Mizutani hit a solo shot to the back of the plate off Hiroshima starter Mori. It was a six-point difference.
In the 8th inning, Mizutani, Nakajima, and Kiyomiya Yuki hit three consecutive hits, followed by consecutive sacrifice fly by Reyes and Nomura, scoring two runs. Tamiya then followed with an infield hit, and with two outs and runners on first and second, Miyazaki, who was in starting line-up for the first time this season, doble timely double to left field. With another bad throw on a pickoff attempt, they scored four runs and narrowed the gap to two.
In the ninth inning, Hiroshima's Hahn had the team in a tight spot with two outs, but Nakajima showed his tenacity by drawing Walk, and then Kiyomiya Yuki singled to right field, putting runners on first and third with two outs. In the next at-bat for Reyes, pinch runner Yazawa stole second base, leaving runners on second and third with two outs. Reyes then stubbornly hit a two-run single to center field, tying the game. Manager Shinjo jumped out of the bench and pumped his arms in the air in joy.
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