Giants, cheer up Hanshin fans why did they cheer for their archrival Yomiuri after a 2-1 victory

Jul 20, 2025

Giants, cheer up Hanshin fans why did they cheer for their archrival Yomiuri after a 2-1 victory
It is a series of humiliation in the rivalry. Yomiuri lost 1-2 at the Hanshin match at Tokyo Dome on the 20th. Five consecutive losses against Hanshin recently. The opponent's record this season has been 4 wins and 13 losses. Before the first half of the year, the team's overall inferiority against the season was confirmed. Photo capture =Miuri Giants SNS



Giants, cheer up Hanshin fans why did they cheer for their archrival Yomiuri after a 2-1 victory
Obata hit a one-run home run in the second inning as a 6-striker against Yomiuri on the 20th. He added an RBI single with a sacrifice hit in the fourth inning. Photo capture = Hanshin Tigers SNS
If it's a competition of fate, it should be tight, but it's too one-sided. It seems that the game is decided on a winning or losing basis in the tilted playground. This is the case this season between the Yomiuri Giants and Hanshin Tigers, the most popular Japanese professional baseball team.

Yomiuri, who is aiming to win for the second consecutive year, lost to Hanshin again. On the 20th, he lost 1-2 in the presence of 42,360 spectators at the Tokyo Dome on his home turf. He was dragged 0-2 and followed one run in the bottom of the fourth inning. With the bases loaded with one out, No. 1 Maru Yoshihiro hit a timely hit. It was painful that he couldn't score an additional point in the continued one-out full base chance. No. 2 pinch hitter Okoe Louie was out with a fly ball to the second base, and No. 3 Naoki Yoshikawa was out with a ground ball to the second base. I could have changed the flow with one shot, but I wasted the opportunity.

Manager Abe Shinnosuke put his college graduate rookie Aramaki Yu as the 5th-3rd baseman. I tried to find a way out by changing the lineup, but I failed. The Yomiuri Giants had four hits. After scoring one run in the fourth inning, he only had one hit. He recorded four consecutive innings from the sixth to the ninth inning.




It was the same the day before (19th). It collapsed in the top of the 11th inning of extra time at 0-0. He dropped his head after two-run home runs by Hanshin No. 4 Teruaki Sato and No. 7 Seishiro Sakamoto. The defeat destroyed the possibility of winning on his own.

It's a series of humiliation. On July 1-3, he was swept in three consecutive away games in Koshien. Like a lie, they lost by one point for three consecutive days. It is the fifth consecutive victory against the Hanshin Tigers.

I struggled from the beginning. He gave up all three consecutive home games of the season at Tokyo Dome on April 4-6. It's a nightmare I don't want to relive. He lost on the road on April 25-26 and won five consecutive games.




He had four wins and 13 losses and a winning percentage of 0.235. This is his record at the Hanshin match this year. Ahead of the All-Star break, Hanshin's overall inferiority against the season has been confirmed. This is the first time since the team was founded. If we go to the current atmosphere, I think there will be 'Tigers Phobia'.

Giants, cheer up Hanshin fans why did they cheer for their archrival Yomiuri after a 2-1 victory
Hanshin's relief team blocked the Yomiuri lineup close to perfection for two consecutive days. Photo capture = Hanshin Tigers SNS
This is the season's performance of the Yomiuri Giants, who lost 41 wins, 3 draws and 44 losses, and a winning rate of 0.482. It dropped to third place after giving up second place to the Yokohama BayStars. The gap between Hanshin and No. 1 was 11 games. If the gap widens, it is difficult to seek a rebound. The Junichi Dragons, ranked fourth with seven wins in the past eight games, closely followed by one game.

Japanese media reported that after the game on the 20th, cheers came out from the stands at Tokyo Dome. However, it was not a voice from home fans, but a cheer from Hanshin's cheering seat on the left side of the outfield. Even Hanshin fans seem to have been frustrated with Yomiuri these days. It is humiliating for Yomiuri. Hanshin won the most against Yomiuri among the five Central League teams this year.








This article was translated by Naver AI translator.