[Softbank Hawks] Kensuke Kondo hits sweep clearing go-ahead single! Cleanup hitters Yanagimachi, Yanagida, and Yamakawa follow with three consecutive hits, scoring five runs in the 5th inning and knocking out Nippon-Ham 's Kota Tatsu | Pacific League League.com

[Softbank Hawks] Kensuke Kondo hits sweep go-ahead single! The cleanup hitters Yanagimachi, Yanagida, and Yamakawa followed with three consecutive hits, scoring five runs in the 5th inning and knocking out Nippon-Ham 's Kota Tatsu

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March 28, 2026 15:24

With two outs in the 5th inning, bases loaded, Softbank Hawks and Kensuke Kondo hit doble, a reversal of sweep in right field (Camera: Hidenori Baba)

◆ Pacific League: Softbank Hawks vs. Nippon-Ham (28th, Mizuho PayPay Dome)

Softbank Hawks The team turned the game on its head in the fifth inning, scoring five runs in a hitter round-robin onslaught, pulling Nippon-Ham starter Tatsu from mound the middle of the fifth inning after being closer held to 1 hit for the first four innings.

With two runs in the fifth inning, 1 hit 2 for 4 Hit by Pitch and two outs bases loaded, Kondo succeeded in turning the tables with a sweep three-run doble single. With two outs, Yanagimachi, Yanagida, and Yamakawa hit back-to-back singles to score two more runs.

Kondo, who delivered the game-winning hit, hit his first home run of the season off of Nippon-Ham 's Ito, his former WBC Japan teammate, in the opening game the previous night. He had gone hitless in 13 At Bat hit during the WBC. He also hit doble in his fourth at-bat that day, so his form is improving.

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