Selection of a 45-year-old man who beat a 21-year-old left-hander, age restriction is only a reference

May 05, 2025

Selection of a 45-year-old man who beat a 21-year-old left-hander, age restriction is only a reference
Yakurt Ishikawa, who won his 188th career victory over Hanshin on the 4th. He won two games in his third game with one run in six innings. Photo capture = Yakult Swallows SNS



Selection of a 45-year-old man who beat a 21-year-old left-hander, age restriction is only a reference
Santana went 3-left and had three hits. Photo capture = Yakult Swallows SNS
Selection of a 45-year-old man who beat a 21-year-old left-hander, age restriction is only a reference
Osu Na, who played a strong role with three hits and one RBI. Photo capture = Yakult Swallows SNS
Left-hander Takato Ihara (25) is a rookie player who will take charge of the future of the Hanshin Tigers. After graduating from university, he went through social baseball and made his professional debut this year. He threw six games as a middle pitch, converted to a starter, and settled down. He made his first start against Hiroshima Carp on April 20 and pitched five innings of four hits, no four outs, and no runs. He won his first start and played against the Yomiuri Giants seven days later. Four hits and one run in six innings. He went over the mound in a 1-1 tie. He finished the game without winning or losing, but the bench's trust became stronger.

The Yakult Swallows match was held at Nishinomiya Koshien Stadium in Hyogo Prefecture on the 4th. Lee Ha-ra suffered her first loss in front of a crowd of 42,590 people who filled the stands. He allowed four runs in the seventh inning with one out and was replaced. He pitched one run until the sixth inning, but suddenly shook after one loss in the seventh inning.

He gave up a walk and a hit and dropped his head after hitting pinch hitter Shogo Masuda with a two-run come-from-behind triple. Coach Fujikawa Kyuji hoped to hold out at the match, but he couldn't overcome it. Lee Ha-ra pitched the longest innings (6 ⅓ innings) and the most pitches (100 pitches) in the professional league.




A man in his 40s beat a man in his 20s.

The Yakult starter was left-hander Masanori Ishikawa. The oldest pitcher, who was born in January 1980, won two games in his third appearance. He recorded his '188th' victory with six hits and one run in six innings. Ishikawa is 21 years older than Ihara, who was born in August 2000. Lee Hara made her professional debut in 2002 when she was only one year old.

He beat Hanshin's batters with a veteran pitching in his 24th year as a professional.




He went scoreless and got a shot in the fourth inning. Hanshin's third batter Shota Morishita (25) gave up a one-run home run to the left. One to three pitches in a row were thrown to the lower course of the body as a right-handed hitter. Morisita hit a 111km/h curve at 1B1S to make it a home run. 1-1.

Selection of a 45-year-old man who beat a 21-year-old left-hander, age restriction is only a reference
Morishita hit a curve thrown by Ishikawa in the fourth inning to make it a one-run homer to the left. Photo capture = Hanshin Tigers SNS
Morissita is the most 'hot' type these days. As of Friday, he is the first in the Central League with .317 batting average and 38 hits.

He overcame the crisis of losing points well in the bottom of the sixth inning. After two outs, give up a walk and a hit, with two outs and runners on first and third bases. One shot could have broken the balance, but he caught No. 6 Maeka and Ukyo in right field. Yakult coach Shingo Takatsu "The team must have been under a lot of pressure because they were losing consecutively, but they pitched great pitching." he complimented.




The first half of the seventh inning that followed. Yakult's batters created chances with one out and runners on first and second bases. Then Takatsu pinch hit No. 9 pitcher Ishikawa at-bat. Masuda, who entered instead of Ishikawa, hit a two-run triple. It is the final shot that made it a 5-2 victory. It was a shot that lifted Yakult, who had been losing three consecutive games, from the quagmire. Yakult is in last place in the Central League.

Ishikawa made his first appearance of the season against Hanshin on April 9. He allowed three runs (one earned) in five innings and earned a total of '187 wins' thanks to the help of the batters. It was a meaningful game. He has recorded 24 consecutive wins since his debut season. It is a new Japanese professional baseball record.

April 23 Hiroshima Carp match. In the second game, he collapsed by allowing six runs in one inning. He had three consecutive hits from the leadoff hitter in the second inning and was substituted without catching one out count. The slump in the previous game was cleaned up in Hanshin on the 4th.

Selection of a 45-year-old man who beat a 21-year-old left-hander, age restriction is only a reference
Hanshin left-hander rookie or less. He pitched one run until the sixth inning, but was replaced after allowing three runs in the seventh inning. Photo capture = Yakult Swallows SNS
Hanshin, who is competing for the lead with the Yomiuri Giants, is weak in left-handed starters. 12 wins, 1 draw and 4 losses against the right-hander (0.750 win rate) and 4 wins and 9 losses against the left-hander (0.380 win rate). It is a task that Hanshin, who is aiming to return to the top for the first time in two years, must overcome.



This article was translated by Naver AI translator.