◆Nippon Life Insurance Central vs. Pacific League Interleague Play 2025 DeNA 0-3 Seibu (17th, Yokohama)

I exhaled and pressed on. Seibu Tatsuya Imai pitcher (27), who stole back-to-back struck out in the top of the ninth, slashed Kajiwara with a 157 kph straight ball to struck out in the end. The 17th struck out of the day. On September 1, 04, he broke the record for the most in a baseball team by surpassing Daisuke Matsuzaka's 16 strike out in a match against Lotte (Chiba Marine), but he did not change his expression, saying, "I didn't think much about it because I found out after the game."

He dominated the atmosphere in the stadium with a spectacular strike out show. He became the first baseball player since Yusei Kikuchi to play in a game against Orix on August 10, 2017 (Kyocera D) in inning strike out and runs in nine innings with two hit no . He closed out the match with his first no-hitter of the Hit by Pitch shutout game. He also scored 4 consecutive struck out in the 2~3rd inning and 6 consecutive in the 5~7th inning. In his second mound of the season, he struck out three consecutive struck out in the ninth inning, and proudly said, "I think the number of struck out is the same, but the fact that I was able to finish with no walk is the biggest growth."

I really enjoyed the pitching duel with the opposing starter, Bauer. The first time was a three-way tie. In the fifth, Maki led off with a doble down the right-field line to put runners in runner scoring position for the first time, but Matsuo followed with a groundout. "It was a one-goal deficit, so I just thought about going home with 0," he said, shifting up a gear and shutting down Tsutsuka and Mimori in consecutive struck out. With two outs in the seventh, he slashed Maki with a struck out and then struck out on the mound with a "Sword Celebration" with both hands. Performing the pose that is synonymous with Bauer, he said, "I had a lot of fun with mound, and I wanted to take the last struck out."

With 104 strike out, he regained the lead in the league, and won the "pitcher triple crown" in win and ERA, but "I still need to aim to be a high-level pitcher, so I'll keep working hard." The ace with an endless desire to improve will make even greater leaps from here. (Ayami Ohnaka)

◆Record memo: Imai (Nishi) strike out in every inning against DeNA, achieving his first shutout game win without Hit by Pitch. The 17 strike out are the most for the team, surpassing Daisuke Matsuzaka's 16 strike out against Lotte on September 1, 2004. Also, he is the 17th player in the team strike out every inning since Yusei Kikuchi (12 strike out) against Orix on August 10, 2017.

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