
Miyagi took 165 struck out, more than 150 1/3 innings. The number of strike out is the 4th highest in the league, but the average number of strike out per game (strike out rate) converted to 9 innings is 9.88, which is higher than Imai (Nishi)'s 9.79 and the best in both leagues.
Miyagi's strike out rate and three-pitch strike out since his debut in 2020 (numbers inside the circle are three-pitch strike out) are 9.00 (1) in 2020, 8.02 (13) in 2021, 7.71 (13) in 2022, 7.49 (17) in 2023, 8.83 (24) in 2024, and 9.88 (43) in 2025. This is the first time strike out 16 batters in 16 innings, and his three-pitch strike out in particular have increased significantly. This is the most he has had 40 or more three-pitch strike out since Kodai Senga (Sophia) had 45 in 2019. This season, he has used fast attacking pitches to increase strike out rate.
He has the fourth highest strike out rate on the team, behind Yoshinobu Yamamoto in 2020 (126 2/3 innings = 149 K's) with 10.59, Koji Noda in 1995 (184 1/3 innings = 208 K's) with 10.16, and Noda in 1994 (193 innings = 213 K's) with strike out. This season he has also distinguished himself in struck out.
▼...Six players - Nakagawa, Ota, Kurebayashi, Sugimoto, Hirooka, and Tonmiya - have had at least the required number of at-bats. This is the first time that six players have had at-bats in 2014. However, the team's highest batting average is .284, by Nakagawa, and they have not had a .300 hitter for two consecutive years. The longest stretch without a .300 hitter was nine consecutive years from 1956 to 1964, but this is the first time they have gone two consecutive years since three consecutive years from 1966 to 1968.
▼...this season walk-off is 10-6 in games played. walk-off The 10 wins is the most by a baseball team, tied with 61 and 96. Of those, walk-off home run had 5. It was the second highest number on the baseball team after the 6 in 1969. Wakatsuki, Noguchi, Nakagawa, Tongu, and Hirooka hit five, but this is the eighth team to have five or more in a season walk-off home run for the same team, following Nankai in 1963 with five, The Giants in 1968 with seven, The Giants in 1983, Chunichi in 1988, Daiei and Kintetsu in 1991, and Seibu Lions in 2008. It was the fifth team in the Pacific League with the largest number of players.
▼…Ota’s batting performance by runner situation is
runner on base - Hits [home runs] Batting average
None 257-70〈5〉 ・272
1 person 127-35〈3〉・276
2 people 59-18〈1〉・305
bases loaded 5-4 (1) ・800
The more runner on base, the better his performance. He showed his competitive spirit, especially with bases loaded, hitting his first bases loaded slam.
▼...Nakagawa is the only one of the 27 outfielder in both leagues who have played more than the required number of games with defense percentage of 1.000 without committing an error. He is outfielder on the team to do so since Sakaguchi Tomotaka in 2011. He is currently on a 227-defense errorless streak.
▼...FA signee Kuri has 11 wins, the 10th time in his first year as an FA transfer that he has reached double digits win, the ninth time since Yamazaki (Japan) in 1924. He had win from 10 teams until last year, but pitched against his old team Hiroshima on June 3, but got a black star in the 5th inning 4 runs. On July 6, he won his first win game against Lotte and became the king of all teams win.
Machado has pitched in 58 games this season, pitching 55 1/3 innings without allowing a hit. He has only allowed one home run in his career, and since giving up one to Kishi in a game Seibu Lions on May 26th last year, he has gone 92 consecutive innings without allowing Home Run.
▼...Perdomo had 33 hold. He is the sixth player on the team to have 30 or more hold in a season, the eighth time since Yoshinobu Yamamoto had 32 hold in 2018. He is the first foreign pitcher to do so. He and Machado also became the team's first foreign player duo to make 50 appearances together. (Fukuyama Tomoki)