A major reversal with Hanshin's pitcher power To advance to the climax series October 1:01:13
Hanshin grabbed the climax series with a major reversal from the cliff. The deciding factor was the proud “pitcher power”.
Hanshin suffered from a serious lack of scoring ability this season. The total score of the team is 538, the lowest in the league. It was about 125 different from the top giant (663 points).
Complementing this lack of scoring power was the proud pitchers that Yano talked about as “strength”. From the beginning, Director Yano analyzed that “It is not a team that scores a lot. First, it is their baseball to create a rhythm with a pitcher.”
As the word suggests, the relief team continued to perform well from the beginning of the season. Team defense rate is 3.46, the top of the league. I helped sluggish batting.
The pitcher team did their best in the last 6 games that ended with the 6th consecutive win of the season.
Director Yano is very desperate, such as starting the pitcher of the starting pitcher with a relief and changing the starting pitcher four times. The strategy of prudently putting in the pitcher was successful and only 5 goals were lost in 6 games. Four games were sealed wins.
Director Yano looked back at the regular season and praised, “The pitchers really worked hard every day. We were able to send it with confidence even when we climbed the competition.”
Then, when asked how to fight the climax series, he said, “How to fight at the end of the season is one measure.”
The first stage of the climax series starting on the 5th of this month. Hanshin confronts the smashing DeNA batting line with “pitcher power” and aims to break down from 3rd place.