[Nippon-Ham] Star slugger Reyes fails to deliver, ace Hiromi Ito gives up 6 runs against Softbank Hawks, resulting in 4 straight losses to start the season. Manager Shinjo Tsuyoshi: "Some days are like this."

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Director Tsuyoshi Shinjo (Camera: Masahiko Ikeuchi)

◆ Pacific League Softbank Hawks 6-3 Nippon-Ham (November 11, ES CON FIELD)

Nippon-Ham, starter Ito left the mound with a 6-runs in the middle of the 6th inning. The batting line was unable to attack the Softbank Hawks pitcher camp, such as the main gun Reyes retied with two ties, and the Softbank Hawks lost 4 consecutive games from the opening. Coach Tsuyoshi Shinjo commented, "The leading role was hit over there, and the main role was not hit here.

The first inning saw Yazawa lead off with a solo shot over the right field wall to lead off the inning. bases loaded with one out in the 7th inning with five runs scored, Sachi Kiyomiya came up with a timely infield hit to score a run, and with two outs bases loaded the game was tied when Reyes missed struck out. With three runs in the 9th inning and two outs and a runner on third, Reyes gave up a wild pitch to end the inning and the game.

Ito, the starter, had shown persistence pitch with 1 runs by Yanagida's Home Run until the 5th inning, but in the 6th inning with the score tied, he got 4 Hit by Pitch and hit with no outs bases loaded. Unno was struck out killed with one out, but Makihara Dai's timely hit to right allowed the winning run to score, and Yanagimachi hit a single to center sacrifice fly and Kondo a three-run shot over right, KO'd in the middle of the 6th inning 7 hit 5 4 Hit by Pitch 6 runs.

For Ito, this was an opportunity to get revenge for his exit in the opening game after giving up five runs in the middle of the sixth inning, but once again he was unable to complete the sixth inning and suffered his first loss of the season.

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[Nippon-Ham] Star slugger Reyes fails to deliver, ace Hiromi Ito gives up 6 runs against Softbank Hawks, resulting in 4 straight losses to start the season. Manager Shinjo Tsuyoshi: "Some days are like this."