[Softbank Hawks] Pinch hitter Tatsuru Yanagimachi shows his doble hitting ability with a timely double in the bottom of the 9th inning when the score was tied, followed by Tomoya Masaki who drove in three runs to give SoftBank the lead | Pacific League

[Softbank Hawks] Pinch hitter Tatsuya Tatsuru Yanagimachi shows his clutch hitting ability in the bottom of the ninth inning with a timely doble, followed by Tomoya Masaki who drove in three runs to give SoftBank the lead.

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July 14, 2026 16:28

In the bottom of the ninth inning, with one out and runners on first and Tatsuru Yanagimachi Yanagimachi hit a timely doble (Photo by Masahiko Ikeuchi).

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Softbank Hawks outfielder Tatsuru Yanagimachi hit the go-ahead RBI in the 9th inning.

In the 9th inning, with the score tied 1-1, infield hit and an enemy error resulted in runners on first and second, and their trump card, Yanagimachi, was sent in as a pinch hitter. Yoshi hitter, who had won the Pacific League Best Nine last season, caught Shimamoto's sixth pitch from full count and made a timely doble to left-center. Then, with one out and bases loaded, Masaki also gave up a two-run doble, quickly pulling away from Nippon-Ham.