◆ Pacific League Nippon-Ham 1-2 Seibu Lions (October 10, ES CON FIELD)

Nippon-Ham lost to Seibu Lions, failing to climb to second place for the first time since April 11th. Their lead in games was reduced to 10. The gap between them and second-place Seibu Lions widened to 1 game.

They took the lead in the third inning but couldn't add another run, resulting in a come-from-behind loss. Manager Shinjo recalled the 4th inning with one out and a runner on third and a 1-0 score, hitter Sachi Kiyomiya giving the signal for an end run but swinging and missing, and third base runner Mannami dying in anger, saying, "I wasn't allowed to swing against Takeuchi by Kiyomiya, and I hit a second baseman grounder in my first at-bat. When I hit a infield grounder in my first at-bat, I tend to go out on ground outs quite a lot that day. It's easy to get off to runner third base with a left-pitcher base, and count count gets strike as well. second baseman In the first at-bat, if he had hit a grounder, it would have been 1 run. If only he had hit it a bit. It wasn't a one-bunt. outfield He didn't seem like he could hit a fly ball or hit a ball, and he kept hitting low and low pitcher Why?" Good pitcher I regret not being able to score a run against the opponent.

Furthermore, in the situation where they allowed the go-ahead run, with one out and runners on second and third base and a runner on first base, they chose to face cleanup pitcher Nevin. Just before that, pitcher coach Kato and mound, and the manager revealed that he respected Shimamoto's wishes, saying, "Shimamoto wanted to take on the challenge, and I was confident I could get him out."

pitcher coach Kato said, "It was the top of the 8th inning, so there were various considerations with two more innings to go. We also had our setup man out, so we respected (Shimamoto's) decision. The question was whether to bases loaded face (number 5) Ishii, or go for Nevin. In the end, it was the opposite, but I think one could also say that it was good that it only resulted in one run. But we lost the game, so I think that's entirely the bench's responsibility." His confidence in Shimamoto, who had boasted outstanding stability with 17 consecutive runs appearances leading up to the game, remained unshaken.