Pacific League Insight, the official web magazine for the six Pacific League teams, brings you videos of impressive plays from the 2025 season so you can enjoy Pacific League even during the offseason! It is updated daily from Monday to Friday with a theme for each day of the week!

Monday... Special feature on memorable "professional firsts and milestones"
Tuesday...Tense "shutout game and Firefighting" Special
Wednesday... baseball 's highlight! "home run" special
Thursday... You'll be amazed! "Fine Play" Special
Friday...A dramatic ending! "walk-off" special

Today, January 15th (Thursday), we're replaying triple play that happened in July. Check out this rare play that only happens once every few years!

A rare record not seen in three years! A brilliant triple play with a 5-4-3 formation

On July 13, he started a game against Tohoku Rakuten Eagles in his second year of Fukuoka Softbank Yugo Maeda pitcher. Yu Maeda, who made his first appearance in the 2025 season in his second game as a professional, pitcher showed a brilliant pitch with 2 hit 1 Walk until the 5th inning.

The batting line also accumulated points from the beginning, scoring 5 runs by the 6th inning. In the bottom of the 6th inning, when the score widened, Yu Maeda pitcher faced the first pinch of the day with consecutive hits from the lead to 1st and 2nd base. However, on the first pitch, Itsuki Murabayashi player hit a ground ball, and third baseman Downs, who catch the base, stepped on the base and quickly went to second base. second baseman Akira Kawase, who received the ball, also moved it to first base with a lean movement, and Pacific League regular season completed his first triple play since April 10, 2022.

pitcher Yu Maeda escaped the pinch and left the game after six innings with four hit no runs. The relief pitchers managed to hold on to the lead, earning him his first professional win.