Pacific League The official web magazine of the six teams, "Pacific League Insight", will deliver impressive plays from the 2025 season with videos so that you can enjoy Pacific League in the off-season! It is updated every day according to the theme of each day of the week from Monday to Friday!
Monday: Special feature on "first professional records and milestone records" engraved in the heart
Tuesday: "shutout game Fire Extinguishing" special feature full of urgency
Wednesday: baseball flower! "home run" Special Feature
Thursday: I can't help but growl! "Fine Play" Special Feature
Friday: A dramatic end! "walk-off" Special Feature
Today, November 28 (Friday), Tohoku Rakuten. Yuya Ogo Pick up walk-off home run of players. We look back on the walk-off play that will remain in the history of the club.
He came in as a pinch extra inning in the 12th inning and hit a memorial arch in his first at-bat.
The 23rd round of Tohoku Rakuten vs. Chiba Lotte Marines was held on Rakuten Mobile Park Miyagi on September 15th. Starter Howard pitcher left the mound with 4 runs in 3.2 innings, but in the bottom of the 4th inning, Daichi Suzuki scored 2 runs on a timely hit, and in the bottom of the 6th inning, bases loaded with one out and 1 out, Tsuyoshi Ishihara player hit a two-run timely hit to return the game to the starting lineup.
After the 7th inning, the relief teams of both teams lined up 0, and the game entered the extra inning game. In the bottom of the 10th inning, the batting lineup hit a hit by the leadoff player, and Kogo was put in as a pinch runner. Even if you advance to base during a wild pitch, the follow-up falls and does not score. In the top of the 11th inning, Taisei Tsuruzaki pitcher, and in the top of the 12th inning, Masahiro Ehara pitcher connected, leading to the attack in the bottom of the 12th inning.
Kogo, who took the plate as the lead hitter in this inning, perfectly deflected the second pitch thrown by Atsuya Hirohata pitcher, the fastball in the outside corner. The ball went up to the right center and went straight to the light stand where the fans were waiting. The game was decided in walk-off home run, which will be the 2000th memorial bullet in the club's career, and the 4th pick in the draft, pitcher Ehara, was given his first professional win!
Although he played every full inning in every game in 2024, Ogo had a disappointing season this year, batting just .173 in 90 games. Will he be able to return to being a regular next season? It will be interesting to see what happens next season as he turns 30.
Next week, on Monday, December 1st, we will feature memorable "professional first records and milestone records." We will be focusing on Hideto Asamura, who achieved 2,000 career hit in his 17th year as a professional.
