On May 27, the second game of the "Nippon Seimei Central-Pa Exchange Game 2026" Hanshin Tigers versus Hokkaido Nippon-Ham at Koshien Stadium was 5-2 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham against win.

Hokkaido Nippon-Ham In the bottom of the second inning, the first batter, Seiya Kinami Takayuki Kato pitcher The first run came in the bottom of the 2nd inning when Seiya Kinami and Seishiro Sakamoto hit back-to-back singles to score the first run of the game. However, in the top of the 5th inning, with two outs and runners on first and second, Takashi Kato pitcher hit a timely hit, his first hit in four years and first RBI in his professional career, to tie the game. Tatsuki Mizuno The next inning, he followed that up with a timely hit to win the game 3-1.

In the bottom of the 5th inning, Takashi Kato pitcher was hit by Shota Morishita's No. 12 solo shot, but he fulfilled his role in the 5th inning 7 hit 1 Walk 1 strike out 2 runs. In the bottom of the 6th inning, Kato got out of a pinch and got a run back with a single by Shota Morishita , Mizuki Hori pitcher In the bottom of the 6th inning, the Panthers got out of a pinch. Taiki Narama In the top of the 7th inning, the team scored an additional run on consecutive timely hits by Castro, who entered the game in the middle of the inning.

From the 7th inning, Hiroya Shimamoto pitcher In the seventh inning, the Seigi Tanaka pitcher runs In the bottom of the ninth inning, the final run came in, Taisei Yanagawa pitcher The game ended 5-2. Takashi Kato pitcher won his third straight game for his fifth win of the season, and pitcher Yanagawa picked up his career-best 12th save. On the batting line, Castro Chusei Mannami Castro, and Yanagawa, Daigo Kamikawahata Castro and Yanagawa each had 2 hit hits, and the team won its second straight game.

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Japan ○ Takayuki Kato-Mizuki Hori-Hiroya Shimamoto-Seigi Tanaka-S Taisei Yanagawa
God ● Kotaro Otake - Yasunari Kudo - Masaki Oikawa - Seishu Hata - Keito Kadobe

Text by Ayako Kikuchi