Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters are on the verge of reaching the Final Series! Ruei-Yang Gu Lin shuts out the opponents, allowing only two hit in 4.2 innings.

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2025.10.19(日) 16:14

Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters pitcher Ruei-Yang Gu Lin © Pacific League TV
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters pitcher Ruei-Yang Gu Lin © Pacific League TV

On October 19th, the fifth game of the "2025 Persol Climax Series Pa" Final Stage between Fukuoka Softbank and Hokkaido Nippon-Ham was held in MIZUHO PayPay Dome, and Hokkaido Nippon-Ham win 7-1.

Hokkaido Nippon-Ham 's starter, Ruei-Yang Gu Lin pitcher, gave up runner in the first inning and Walk, but in the bottom of the second, he took two struck out and showed a good pitch to retire with three outs. In the bottom of the 5th inning, Ryoya Kurihara allowed a doble and left the game with 2 outs and 2 bases. Fukuya Yamazaki pitcher, who replaced him, hit Taisei Makihara player with a grounder.

The batting line scored the first run in the top of the 4th inning with no outs on bases loaded with no outs on hit and 2 Walk by Kazunari Ishii players. When the following Yua Tamiya player had a sacrifice fly, the Kota Yazawa player took the lead by 3 runs in this inning with a timely hit from 2 outs. In the top of the 5th inning, from bases loaded with one out, Kotaro Kiyomiya players added 3 runs with 2 runs on doble and squeeze, and in the top of the 6th, Chusei Mannami players triple scored 1 run on 3rd base with 1 out and 3rd base.

Fukuya Yamazaki, who also came up to mound in the bottom of the 6th inning, pitcher caused a pinch with 1 out on 1st and 2nd base in the 2nd hit, but he got through with no runs. In the bottom of the seventh, Takayuki Kato pitcher, who was in third place, was hit by a solo Home Run by Hotaka Yamakawa, but Kenta Uehara pitcher in the bottom of the eighth and Seigi Tanaka pitcher in the bottom of the ninth runs The game ended with a score of 7-1.

Starter pitcher Kobayashi pitched 4.2 innings, 65 pitches, 2 hit 1 Walk 6 strike out no runs. The batting line scored a total of 8 RBI hit and 7 runs, including Yuki Kiyomiya and 2 hit, and Hokkaido Nippon-Ham won 3 consecutive victories and made the final stage 3 wins and 3 losses (including advantage).

On the Fukuoka Softbank other hand, starter Ryosuke Otsu pitcher had 3.2 innings, 62 pitches, 3 hit 2 Walk 1 strike out 3 runs. Hernandez pitcher, who was in second place, also had a runs in the middle of the runs. In addition, Isami Nomura player has scored 2 hit.

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Rui Ruei-Yang Gu Lin, Fukuya Yamazaki, Takayuki Kato, Kenta Uehara, Seigi Tanaka
So ● Ryosuke Otsu- Hernandez -Haru Matsumoto-Shuto Ogata-Nao Higashihama-Yuki Tsumori

Written by Yokazu Sonoda

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Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters are on the verge of reaching the Final Series! Ruei-Yang Gu Lin shuts out the opponents, allowing only two hit in 4.2 innings.