Head Matsui, coach Hiraishi, and director Tsuji also said, “I’m laughing.”
■ Seibu 7-6 Orix (26th, Berna Dome)
On the 27th, Seibu chased from a 0-6 inferiority in the match against Orix at the home base Berna Dome, and won a come-from-behind victory 7-6. He won the opening three consecutive games with the league champion Orix last season with 2 wins and 1 loss. Behind the dramatic victory reminiscent of the fierceness of the former “bandit strike line”, there was the presence of the newly appointed head coach Kazuo Matsui and the batting coach Yosuke Hiraishi.
In Seibu, starting pitcher Yutaro Watanabe ate a 6-goal KO in the 3rd inning, while Orix starting pitcher Soichiro Yamazaki was perfectly restrained up to 4 times. However, in the 5th inning with a 6-point behind, Takumi Kuriyama started a counterattack with a timely double. In the 6th inning, 1st and 2nd base, which was greeted by 3 points, No. 4 Hotaka Yamakawa infielder carried No. 2 and 2 runs to the middle stage of the left wing seat, approaching 1 point difference.
Then, in the 8th inning, the fly ball launched by Yamakawa on the first base with one death seemed to be a left fly, but Masataka Yoshida, an outfielder, dropped the ball (the record was a double). With this, the stage was set to 1 death, 2nd and 3rd base, and catcher Tomoya Mori decided the game by hitting a double to the middle right.
After the match, Yamakawa and Mori, who are usually close friends, were interviewed by the press, and the dialogue was like a comic dialogue. Mori said, “I think baseball is a sport that changes the flow with a home run. If Mr. Yamakawa hits one shot like that, it will lead to a win, so I hope he will continue to hit it.” “I’m here, right?”
