Coach Abe (Min Chang-ki's Japanese baseball team) ended the press conference in 30 seconds after humiliation of the opening 4 consecutive losses in 22 years due to his archrival Hanshin

Apr 26, 2025

Hanshin won 4-1 against Yomiuri on the 25th. Sato, the fourth batter and starting pitcher Murakami, who led the team's victory, hit his eighth three-run homer of the season, and Murakami pitched eight innings of one run. Photo capture = Hanshin Tigers SNS

Hanshin right-hander Murakami pitched one run until the eighth inning against Yomiuri on the 25th. In two games against the Yomiuri Giants this season, he allowed two runs in 15 innings and won two games. Photo capture = Hanshin Tigers SNS

Satto hit a three-run home run in the third inning against Hanshin on the 25th. He hit three home runs in four games against the Yomiuri Giants this year. Photo capture = Hanshin Tigers SNS

"Anyway, we have to break the losing streak. I'll do my best tomorrow."

The Hanshin Tigers match was held at Nishinomiya Koshien Stadium in Hyogo Prefecture on the 25th. Manager Abe Shinnosuke of the Yomiuri Giants woke up after 30 seconds of the press conference after the game. It was an away rival match that I didn't want to repeat. Maybe even 30 seconds felt long.

Hanshin pressed 'An enemy' Yomiuri again. He won 4-1 in front of 42,628 people who filled the stands at Koshien Stadium.

He overwhelmed Yomiuri in the batting. Right-hander Shoki Murakami pitched eight innings of one run, and No. 4 Teruaki Sato hit a three-run home run. Murakami became the No. 1 player with four wins. Sato, who hit his eighth home run, became the No. 1 home run player. With 21 RBIs, he is tied for first place in this category with No. 4 Okamoto Kazuma of the Yomiuri Giants.

The traditional rival war flows unilaterally. Hanshin won all four games. It was the first time in 22 years since 2003 that he had won the opening four games in a row against the Yomiuri Giants.

The first three consecutive games held at Tokyo Dome on the 4th and 6th. It humiliated the home team, Yomiuri, with a sweep loss of three consecutive games. On the first day of the three consecutive games, Murakami started and allowed one run until the seventh inning. It laid a stepping stone to a 7-2 victory. Murakami gave Yomiuri two runs and two wins in 15 innings this year.

From the first day, Hanshin's lineup hit Yomiuri ace Shosei Dogo. He had seven hits until the third inning to score three runs. Dogo threw 63 pitches until the third inning and was replaced.

Sato, the main gun of Hanshin, was also strong in Yomiuri. On the 5th, he operated cannons once and eight times against the Yomiuri Giants. He brought three of his eight home runs and six of his 21 RBIs from the Yomiuri game.

Director Abe Yomiuri. Photo capture =Miuri Giants SNS

Yomiuri right-hander Akahoshi gets smaller when he meets Hanshin. He started against Hanshin on the 25th and allowed four runs in four innings. It has lost five consecutive games against Hanshin since last year. Photo capture =Miuri Giants SNS

Yomiuri right-hander Yuji Akahoshi. He faced Hanshin's batting lineup for the second time in 20 days. In the match against Hanshin on the 5th, he allowed 3 runs in 6 innings. He lost his first game of the season. At that time, he gave up a one-run home run to Sato and a two-run home run to Koji Chikamoto.

I wanted to pay back my defeat, but it didn't go my way. He allowed four runs in four innings and was substituted. Again, it was blocked by Sato. He hit a wedge home run in the third inning, trailing 0-1. He threw 58 pitches and turned over the mound to the bullpen. It becomes small when you meet a single god. It is the fifth consecutive victory against Hanshin since the away game in Koshien on April 17 last year.

Down 0-4 in the sixth inning. Yomiuri scored a point. With one out and third base, Okamoto's grounder to third base came home and avoided a young Bongbong defeat. Okamoto hit his first RBI in 14 at-bats against Murakami, who is two years his junior in high school. On this day, he had no hits in three at-bats against Murakami. He was weak with one hit in 13 at-bats for a total of 14 at-bats.

When you meet Hanshin, the winning streak is cut off. Yomiuri won two consecutive games against the Chunichi Dragons and moved to Koshien Stadium. In the first three consecutive games, he also won two consecutive games against Chunichi and brought Hanshin to Tokyo Dome.

Yomiuri Jupo Okamoto. He hit an RBI single with an infield grounder in the sixth inning against Hanshin on the 25th. He is particularly vulnerable to Hanshin right-hander Murakami. He has one hit in 13 at-bats for a total of 14 at-bats. Photo capture =Miuri Giants SNS

Hanshin, who has won five consecutive games, is the lone lead in the Central League. Yomiuri is in third place, 1.5 games behind Hanshin. He lost 10 games in 23 games. Of course, the season is long and the atmosphere can change at any time.

This article was translated by Naver AI translator.