Arriving an hour before the start of the game due to flight problems, failing to train, and losing the game at the end of the ninth inning, who compensates for the nightmarish long day

Aug 02, 2025

Arriving an hour before the start of the game due to flight problems, failing to train, and losing the game at the end of the ninth inning, who compensates for the nightmarish long day
Nihonham had its worst day on the 1st. Due to flight delays, he arrived at the Kyocera Dome in Osaka an hour before the start of the game. I couldn't use a direct flight to Osaka from Hokkaido and moved through Tokyo. Nippon Ham suffered a walk-off loss to the Orix in the bottom of the ninth inning. Photo Capture = Nippon-Ham Piesers SNS



Arriving an hour before the start of the game due to flight problems, failing to train, and losing the game at the end of the ninth inning, who compensates for the nightmarish long day
Orix Dongu hit a walk-off three-run home run in the bottom of the ninth inning against Nippon Ham on the 1st. Orix, who faced the bottom of the ninth inning at 0-2, collapsed the opponent's starter Kato, who was aiming for a complete game, and won a 4-2 come-from-behind victory. Photo Capture = Orix Buffaloes SNS
The away team arrived late at the stadium and played without training. The flight caused problems and the game started 15 minutes late. The Nippon Ham Fighters had a nightmare first day of August. It's been a long day that I don't want to think about again.

The Nippon Ham team, which played a night game at home against the Softbank Hawks on July 31, was scheduled to leave Hokkaido's Shinchitose Airport at 11:10 a.m. on the 1st and fly to Osaka's Itami Airport. It was scheduled to move on the same day without a break and play three consecutive away games in Osaka on the weekend. According to the schedule, we will arrive at the Kyocera Dome in Osaka at 2 p.m. Even if the time was tight, I was able to prepare for the game that starts at 6 p.m.

But the flight caused trouble. At 9:51 a.m., while preparing to board, the flight departure time for Osaka was suddenly delayed by 4 hours and 20 minutes. An emergency situation in which direct flights to Osaka disappear. The Nippon Ham club hurriedly changed its schedule to go to Osaka via Tokyo Haneda Airport.




The team left Shinchitose Airport at 11:36 a.m. and landed at Haneda Airport at 1:39 p.m. The plane carrying the Nippon Ham squad took off for Itami Airport at 2:39 p.m. If you moved on a direct flight, it was time to stay at the Kyocera Dome.

Arrived at Itami Airport at 3:39 p.m. The Nippon Ham squad boarded the 4 p.m. bus and arrived at the stadium at 5 p.m. At 4:37 p.m., when they were traveling by bus, the home Orix club removed the batting cage set up for batting training before the game.

Arriving an hour before the start of the game due to flight problems, failing to train, and losing the game at the end of the ninth inning, who compensates for the nightmarish long day
The starting lineup against Orix on the 1st, posted by coach Shinjo Nippon-Ham on his personal SNS. The Nippon-Ham team arrived at Osaka's Kyocera Dome an hour before the start of the game due to flight problems. Photo capture = Nippon-Ham Fighters SNS
Nippon Ham coach Tsuyoshi Shinjo moved faster than the team. He arrived at Kyocera Dome at 2:46 p.m. and posted the starting lineup of the game on his personal SNS. Coach Shinjo asked the starting players to move their bodies at the airport because they had to play without training as usual.




At 5:05 p.m., shortstop Tatsuki Mizuno finally appeared first at the Kyocera Dome ground. A short time later, it was announced that the start of the game had been changed to 6:15 p.m., 15 minutes late. Only starting pitchers Takayuki Kato, Drew Berhagen and Ito Hiromi, who moved first the previous day, and catcher Fushimi Dorai, who started separately from the team, came to the stadium on time. Fushimi took tee batting training alone before the game.

It is said to be the first time that the start time of the game has been changed due to the transfer of the team since the match against Nippon Ham and Orix on September 27, 2014. Eleven years ago, Orix was late for an away game at Nippon Ham in Hokkaido. Softbank, which moved from Hokkaido to Fukuoka on the same day, played a normal home game against the Rakuten Eagles.

Unlike the KBO League, which moves right after the last night game of the series, the Japanese professional baseball moves the next morning.




Arriving an hour before the start of the game due to flight problems, failing to train, and losing the game at the end of the ninth inning, who compensates for the nightmarish long day
Softbank beat Rakuten on the 1st and widened its gap with No. 1 Nippon Ham to one game. Softbank moved to Fukuoka after winning one of its three consecutive away games against Nippon Ham during the week. Photo capture = Rakuten Eagles SNS
Nippon Ham, who played without training normally, led the early flow. In the top of the second inning, No. 5 Kazunari Ishii hit the first one-run home run. In the top of the third inning, with one out and runners on the second and third bases, he added one more run with an infield grounder by No. 2 Mizutani.

Starting pitcher Kato pitched three hits and no runs until the eighth inning. the bottom of the ninth inning at 2-0. With three outs left until the victory, Kato took the mound again. He threw 111 pitches until the eighth inning and aimed for a complete game. However, many ups and downs of the day ended in catastrophe.

Orix No. 2 Mune Yuma and No. 3 Jordan Diaz hit back-to-back hits against Kato. Orix followed one run with Yutaro Sugimoto hitting a timely hit to the left with no outs and runners on the first and second bases. With runners on the second and third bases with one out, Yuma Dongu, the sixth player, hit a walk-off three-run homer. He hit a fastball in the middle of the first pitch and flew it to the outfield stands on the left side of the Kyocera Dome. a two-to-four comeback defeat that is a lie.

Nippon-Ham, who had been leading the way, recently faltered. On July 29-31, he lost one win and two losses to Softbank, falling behind in the winning rate without a ride. 소프트뱅크가
Arriving an hour before the start of the game due to flight problems, failing to train, and losing the game at the end of the ninth inning, who compensates for the nightmarish long day
Photo capture=Nihonham Pirates SNS
After beating Rakuten on the 1st, it became a one-game difference. Softbank's momentum is scary. He has won 11 games (one draw and one loss) in the last 13 games. The competition for the top spot in the Pacific League has changed.





This article was translated by Naver AI translator.