In the bottom of the 11th inning of 00 extra innings, a walk was thrown with no outs, and the closing loss manager apologized to the starting pitcher without losing a point in eight innings (Min Chang-ki's Japanese baseball)

May 28, 2025

In the bottom of the 11th inning of 00 extra innings, a walk was thrown with no outs, and the closing loss manager apologized to the starting pitcher without losing a point in eight innings (Min Chang-ki's Japanese baseball)
Hanshin finished the 11th inning of overtime against Yokohama on the 27th. With the bases loaded with no outs, Morisita walked and scored his 33rd RBI of the season. Photo capture = Hanshin Tigers SNS



In the bottom of the 11th inning of 00 extra innings, a walk was thrown with no outs, and the closing loss manager apologized to the starting pitcher without losing a point in eight innings (Min Chang-ki's Japanese baseball)
Morisita has eight winning shots this season. It is the top of both leagues, and has recorded four of eight in Saika's starts. Photo capture = Hanshin Tigers SNS
In the bottom of the 11th inning of 00 extra innings, a walk was thrown with no outs, and the closing loss manager apologized to the starting pitcher without losing a point in eight innings (Min Chang-ki's Japanese baseball)
Hanshin ace Saiki pitched 6.1 scoreless innings against Yokohama on May 27. In the seventh inning, he walked to the first and second bases with no outs, but was replaced with one out count. Photo capture = Hanshin Tigers SNS
The walk-off victory was also thrilling, but I won the extra game. It was even more thrilling to end the blood-drying game with a walk at 0-0. The Hanshin Tigers and No. 3 Yoshita Shota (25) smiled broadly in the first three hours and 55 minutes of the game. Coach Fujikawa Kyuji won his first walk-off victory this season. It is the first time in 10 years that an extra-time walk-off win has been won, and it is the first time in 29 years that an extra-time push-off win has been.

A home game against the Yokohama BayStars on the 27th. It was held in Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, not at Koshien Stadium on the home turf. It's a place I visit once a year. A crowd of 34,434 spectators watched Hanshin win.

A tight pitching battle ensued.




First, Hanshin ace Hiroto Saiki held out until the seventh inning with one out, allowing six hits and no runs. The ball control was slightly shaken beyond the fifth inning. He allowed two walks in the top of the sixth inning. He caused a run crisis with a walk, but he handled it well. In the seventh inning, the leadoff hitter, No. 9, pitcher Trevor Bauer, and No. 1 Kawahara Masayuki were sent out with four pitches. With no outs and runners on the first and second bases, he caught Yokohama's flagship batter Maki Shugo with a fly ball to center field and handed over the mound to the bullpen.

Yokohama starter Bauer pitched better. Four hits and no runs until the eighth inning. He threw 118 pitches and struck out 12. He recorded the most strikeouts in a game. He struck out all three out counts in the second and fourth innings. In the bottom of the second inning, he struck out five to seven times after getting a double from No. 4 Teruaki Sato. Takumu Nakano, the last batter in the eighth inning, also struck out.

In the 10th inning of extra time, both teams stepped down side by side with three outs. Hanshin left-hander Iwasada Yuta finished the top of the 11th inning with three batters. Then came the batter's time.




In the bottom of the 11th inning, pinch hitter Kento Itohara hit a heavy hit. No. 1 Koji Chikamoto hit a double to center field. 2nd and 3rd base with no outs. Yokohama bench moved. As expected, he used the bases loaded. Hanshin No. 2 Nakano went to the intentional fourth pitch. a bases loaded with no outs. Morisita drew a walk after a full count match with the changed pitcher Hayate. The 8th fastball is right-handed type bar
In the bottom of the 11th inning of 00 extra innings, a walk was thrown with no outs, and the closing loss manager apologized to the starting pitcher without losing a point in eight innings (Min Chang-ki's Japanese baseball)
Yokhama foreign pitcher Bauer. Photo capture = Yokohama BayStars SNS
It fell to the outside. I was going 0-for-3 and laughed at the end.

Morisita had 33 RBIs until the 27th. He is second in RBIs in the Central League. He narrowed the gap with No. 1 Sato, his senior in the team, to one. He is the best in both leagues with eight final hits this season. Four of these came from games where Saiki started. I can see the temperament of an adventurer.

Hanshin put in six pitchers on the day. Following the starting Saiki, five bullpen pitchers took the mound and blocked four ⅔ innings without hits. I made a bridge to finish. Yokohama coach Daisuke Miura said "I'm sorry for Bauer"




Hanshin held the lead with a victory on the day. It is one game behind the second-place Hiroshima Carp.



This article was translated by Naver AI translator.