Central League's humiliating loss in six games before Inter League, popularity confirms Pacific (Min Chang-ki's Japanese baseball)

Jun 05, 2025

Central League's humiliating loss in six games before Inter League, popularity confirms Pacific (Min Chang-ki's Japanese baseball)
Softbank won two consecutive games against Chunichi as an interleague powerhouse. At the Fukuoka home game on the 4th, he hit two home runs in the second inning to take a comfortable lead. Photo capture = Softbank Hawks SNS



Central League's humiliating loss in six games before Inter League, popularity confirms Pacific (Min Chang-ki's Japanese baseball)
Seibu, who won the opening two consecutive Interleague games with Softbank. Seibu beat Yakult 1-0 on the 3rd and 4-2 on the 4th. It has rebounded from last place last year and is in second place in the Pacific League. Photo capture = Seibu Lions SNS
Central League's humiliating loss in six games before Inter League, popularity confirms Pacific (Min Chang-ki's Japanese baseball)
Chiba Lotte, the last-place player in the Pacific League, laughed after beating Yomiuri in his first interleague game. Photo capture = Chiba Lotte Marines SNS
Last year's Pacific League winner, the Softbank Hawks, slowed down from the beginning of the season. First, he was swept in three consecutive home games against Chiba Lotte Marines. Major hitters such as Kondo Genske were out of power due to injuries, leaving the batting line to lose its strength. Even ace Gohei Arihara was jagged. I thought I would dominate the league with overwhelming power like last year, but I missed my expectations. Two months have passed since the opening, but they have not been able to rise to the top. The Nippon-Ham Fighters gained ground, falling behind the Seibu Lions and Orix Buffaloes.

He started the Interleague with the Central League (24 wins, 2 draws and 24 losses) with a winning percentage of 50% (24 wins, 2 draws and 24 losses) and fourth place in the league. It was the first time in 12 years since 2013 that the B-Class (4th to 6th place out of 6 teams) had an interleague.

Expectations rose ahead of the opening of the interleague. Softbank is the most winning team in the interleague. He won eight times when the Interleague began in 2005 and played 19 seasons (the tournament was canceled due to COVID-19 in 2020). The Pacific League team won 14 times and dominated 16 times. Last year, the Rakuten Eagles finished first with 13 wins and 5 losses. Softbank came in second place.




The Chunichi Dragons match was held at the Fukuoka Paypay Dome on the 4th. Softbank won the game 8-2. overwhelmed Chunichi in the batting. In the second inning, Ryoya Kurihara and Isami Nomura hit two home runs and scored four runs. Starting pitcher Maeda??gave someone eight scoreless innings.

Softbank won 4-0 against Chunichi on the 3rd, the first day of the interleague. Ace Arihara pitched well until the seventh inning without allowing a run
Central League's humiliating loss in six games before Inter League, popularity confirms Pacific (Min Chang-ki's Japanese baseball)
Softbank won eight times in 19 interleague seasons. It is the record for most wins in both leagues. It's off to a good start again this year. It won two consecutive games against Chunichi. In the game on the 4th, ace Arihara pitched seven scoreless innings. Photo capture = Softbank Hawks SNS
carry on. 12 points and 2 runs while winning 2 consecutive games.

Not only Softbank but also the other five Pacific League teams laughed on the 4th. Chiba Lotte, the lowest in the Pacific League, beat the Yomiuri Giants 5-3, and Nippon Ham defeated the Hanshin Tigers, the No. 1 team in the opposing league, 5-4. Rakuten also beat Yokohama BayStars 3-2 and Seibu 4-2 against Yakult Swallows. Orix defeated Hiroshima Carp 6–1. The foreground was held at the Pacific League's home stadium.




It is the first time in three years and the sixth time in six Pacific League games. In other words, he confirmed that popularity is the Central League and skills are the Pacific League.

It's early days, but the Pacific League is very strong. In 11 games in two consecutive games, the Pacific League team marked 8 wins and 3 losses. Softbank and Seibu have won two consecutive games, and Yakult and Chunichi have won two in a row.

Yakult's poor performance, which is struggling with poverty, is not unusual. He started the interleague among his five consecutive losses and lost seven in a row. 2 points in 14 consecutive games until the match against Seibu on the 4th
Central League's humiliating loss in six games before Inter League, popularity confirms Pacific (Min Chang-ki's Japanese baseball)
Yakurt, who pledged to come back to the mainland this season, fell into a deep quagmire. Until the match against Seibu on the 4th, he scored two or fewer points in 14 consecutive games, losing seven consecutive games. Photo capture = Yakult Swallows SNS
I've got a record of 'ha'. In the game on the 3rd, he had eight hits and lost 0-1. There is a large vacancy for Murakami Munetaka, who left due to injury. Murakami played only one game this season due to injury.



This article was translated by Naver AI translator.