Seibu to control dead heat with Softbank September 25, 4:09
Seibu won the league title for the second consecutive year at the end of the season, engaging in pitching and winning the dead heat with Softbank.
Three main players are missing
The former Seibu had a strong reputation, and his previous reputation was never high, as he moved to another team.
The main forces that left the team were pitcher Yusei Kikuchi and Edo Asamura, who scored 14 wins, and Ginro Sugitani, a catcher who also had experience as a representative of Japan. Seibu has transferred many core players to home and abroad so far, but this season, three people were out at a stretch, and there was concern about a significant reduction in strength.
Strong batting line alive and well since the season opened
However, the strong batting line has been alive since the start of the season. Three people had 100 points. More than 20 home runs have reached 5 people.
Among them, the 6th year catcher, Tomoya Mori, made a big leap forward. Top batting league until the end. The number of hits exceeded 100 and the number of home runs was also the highest.
Also, Shugo Totozaki, who mainly defended the second, made his home run thicker by hitting his own home run with punching batting.
The top hits were Seibu Akiyama, the home run top Yamakawa Hotaka, and the top hitter Nakamura Takeya, and Seibu players were the top hits.
First half team defense rate League worst
The pitchers of the issue were the most wins of last season, Shinzaburo Tawada, only one win, and the 5th year pitcher Mitsunari Takahashi and 3rd year pitcher Imai Tatsuya also opened. The pitching content was not stable, but the team defense rate in the first half was 4 points and it was league worst.
Activated by changing the batting line
Seibu, who returned in 3rd place, fell in July with Yamakawa, who was sitting at the center of the batting line as No. 4. Furthermore, the batting line was not connected to match with Yamakawa, so I couldn't get the chance to rise.
Director Tomohiko Tsuji decided to change the batting line in the game against Lotte on August 11 in an attempt to break the situation. When Yamakawa was lowered to 7th and runners were placed in the scoring area such as Manchuria instead, veteran Nakamura who had shown outstanding strength was placed in 4th. Nakamura's score in August was 25 points with a batting average of 30%, 8 minutes and 4 kilometers. The batting line was activated, and in August we scored more than 6 points per game.
The pitchers continued to struggle with the starting pitcher, but Neil pitcher, who was established in the rotation from late June, showed the ace-class work at the end of the game with a double-digit victory. In addition to this, the relief team competed with Katsunobu Hirai, who updated the Pacific League record in terms of the number of climbs, and the defense rate of 1 point, and pitcher Masuda.
Throwing engagement First place in the 130th game
After mid-August, Seibu has been engaged in pitching and won 17 wins and 10 losses in August, approaching the top-ranked Softbank, which had a maximum difference of 8.5 games, to no difference.
Team momentum did not stop in September. He continued to carry the game where the pitches were engaged, and on September 11th he was ranked 130th for the first time this season. After that, Softbank regained the lead and the magic number lit up, but when Seibu came back to the top on the 15th and the first magic number 9 lit up, it was never abandoned and the league continued for the second consecutive year I won the conquest.