◆ Pacific League: Softbank Hawks vs. Rakuten Eagles (November 11th, Mizuho PayPay)
Rakuten Eagles 's pitcher José Ureña started the game against Softbank Hawks.
It was a rough start. Right from the leadoff batter in the first inning, he gave up consecutive hits, putting runners on first and second with no outs. He then surrendered a two-run doble to Kondo to right-center field, allowing the opposing team to take the lead.Then, with one out and a runner on third, he allowed a run-scoring single to Yanagita to right field, and with one out and runners on first and second, he gave up a three-run homer to Dai Makihara. He also gave up a run-scoring single to Shuto to left field, bringing the total for the inning to 7 hit 7 runs. In a shocking turn of events, pitch.
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![[Seibu Lions] Manager Fumiya Nishiguchi criticizes Kosei Takahashi, who gave up 8 runs in a disastrous outing: "The pitches he's trying to get a hit are clearly either balls or too easy to hit." The gap with third-place Nippon-Ham is back to zero.](https://hochi.news/images/2026/07/11/20260711-OHT1I51359-L.jpg)
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