Koki Kitayama complete game only 7 hit 1 runs in 8 innings, throwing 121 pitches, his highest total this season.

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2025.5.5(月) 22:09

Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters-Koki Kitayama pitcher Noriaki Kitayama © Pacific League TV
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters-Koki Kitayama pitcher Noriaki Kitayama © Pacific League TV

◇ Orix vs. Hokkaido Nippon-Ham 7th Round (5th, Kyocera Dome Osaka)

Hokkaido Nippon-Ham 's Koki Kitayama pitcher complete game seven hit 1 Walk 7 strike out 1 runs on 121 pitches in eight innings.

Kitayama pitcher was the first starter in the ninth. In the first inning, he was hit by a pitch with one out and hit, but with two outs and the bases loaded, he struck out struck out Yutaro Sugimoto on three pitches to end the inning. In the bottom of the second inning, with hit runners on first and second with one out and Walk, he retired the next two batters to struck out and no runs.

However, in the bottom of the fourth inning after both teams were scoreless, they were hit by a pitch in the leadoff hitter with doble and two outs, but Keita Nakagawa was hit by a pitch to doble the first inning. He also had a hit in the second half, but he managed to get through with a minimum of runs.

After that, he retired three consecutive inning until the seventh inning. In the bottom of the eighth, he was hit by a hit, but he struck out the next two batters to double play and ended up closer three men. Despite a lose pitcher without any batting support, he threw a season-high 121 pitches and allowed 1 runs in eight innings.

It was the second game in a row lose, but both games recorded HQS. In his next start, will he be able to get his first win since April 10 against Tohoku Rakuten?

Written by Aoi Nishijima

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Koki Kitayama complete game only 7 hit 1 runs in 8 innings, throwing 121 pitches, his highest total this season.