◆Nippon Life Interleague Series 2026: Nippon-Ham 3-0 The Giants (31st, ES CON FIELD)

Nippon-Ham 's pitcher staff held strong, snapping their two-game losing streak and reducing their deficit to one game. In the third inning, Gunji's go-ahead doble proved to be the winning run. Manami hit a massive 12th home run of the season.

After the game, Shinjo referred to Takemaru, the starter who The Giants scored three runs closer in the fourth hit inning of the eighth inning, and said, "He's good pitcher. He throws low and tight, and I wouldn't have known if it weren't for the single by Gunji. He praised the left-handed pitch technique of the Dora 1 left-hander, who scored three runs on a timely hit by Gunji and a hit by Mannami, but was robbed The Giants of 10 struck out.

He also mentioned the left wing defense of Matsumoto in the 3rd inning, who was a member The Giants ⋅ of Nippon-Ham until last season. He jumped on a pitch hit directly wall to the left catch of Guji but couldn't, and said, "I could have caught it, Matsumoto-kun, though (laughs). He also gave an order because he appreciates Matsumoto's defense power, saying, "A little earlier, go wall quickly and then look up. He also gave a few words on hitting, saying, "I've become able to pull. My posture has become straighter, and I'm able to hit the ball in-course. I was watching and hitting with a good feeling, but I was dizzy. The weak light fly is disappearing. I wish he had done that when he was with us (laughs).