Yakult, who had a magic number of "2" to win the Central League in professional baseball, won the DeNA match tonight 5 to 1 and lost the second-placed Hanshin Tigers, so Yakult's eighth victory in six years was decided. I did.
Yakult stopped the losing streak with "3" and set the magic number to "2" tonight against DeNA, the lowest at Yokohama Stadium.
Yakult won four points in a one-on-one three-time match with No. 5 Santana and No. 6 Yuhei Nakamura in a continuous timely two-base.
Starting pitcher Hirotoshi Takanashi repeatedly carried a runner in the scoring position, but he scored one goal in the fourth inning and started pitching in the fifth inning.
From the 6th inning, starting pitcher Keiji Takahashi usually pitched with the 4th person and connected 2 innings without any runs, 8th inning by Noboru Shimizu, 9th inning by McGough and Yakult won 5 to 1. rice field.
And because the 2nd place Hanshin lost 0-4 on the middle day, Yakult's 8th victory was decided for the first time in 6 years.
Yakult was at the bottom for the second consecutive year until last season, but coach Shingo Takatsu, who has been in office for the second year, has prepared a team of pitchers for the task, and in the second half of the game after the Tokyo Olympics were interrupted, he continued to play a game of pitching.
The team that was the lowest in the previous year won the championship for the sixth time in both leagues since professional baseball became a two-league system, and Yakult won the championship from the bottom for the second consecutive year in 2015, when it won the previous championship. increase.