◆Nippon Life Insurance Central vs. Pacific League Interleague Play 2025 Yakult 1-3 Rakuten (19th, Jingu)
Rakuten He was the first player to win a game in the series. Takayuki Kishi pitcher marked his 4th win in 7 innings with 4 hit no runs good pitches. This was his 26th win in the series. He moved into a tie for fourth place on the all-time wins list with Toshiya Sugiuchi (Softbank, The Giants).
He carefully threw a straight ball in the mid-140 km/h range and slider and change-up down low. pitch He was "energy efficient" with 51 pitches until the 5th inning.
This was the team's win against Yakult in 11 years, since May 24, 2014, when they were with Seibu.
When he was still with Seibu, he started in an interleague game on June 11, 2012, and recorded his first professional two hit off of Yakult 's Ishikawa, whom he respected. He shared a nostalgic anecdote, saying, "The bench told me, 'Go for the third one.' I was fully prepared to hit it, but (Yakult catcher at the time) Aikawa said, 'That's enough,' and I got scared and couldn't swing." He said, "I'm not confident (in my batting). There's no way I could be," but he fought hard, even making sacrifice bunt in the second and seventh innings.
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