The first game of the Japan Series of professional baseball was held at Jingu Stadium on the night of the 22nd, and Yakult beat Orix 5-3.



With this, the match result was Yakult's 1 win and 0 loss.

The match against Yakult Murakami Yamamoto pitcher is unsatisfactory

Yakult's key player is Munetaka Murakami, the immovable No. 4 player.



In the first game, attention was focused on the match against Orix's absolute ace starting pitcher, Yoshinobu Yamamoto.



Murakami, the main player of the 2022 professional baseball "hit".



With a batting average of 30%, 1.8 minutes, 56 home runs, and 134 RBIs, he became the youngest player ever to win the Triple Crown at the age of 22.



Among them, home runs are record-breaking, and he has updated numerous professional baseball records such as “5 consecutive at-bats” and “150th at the youngest in history”.



In the final game of the regular season, he hit the No. 56 home run, surpassing Sadaharu Oh's 55, even though he suffered from a serious slump in hitting in the final stages of the season.



In addition, he hit a come-from-behind home run that decided the game in the Climax Series.



Orix's pitcher Yamamoto was suppressed to 1 hit in 7 at bats and 4 strikeouts in last year's Japan Series, and there was no match in this year's exchange game, and it was the first match in about a year.



In the first at-bat, he had a chance to get 2 outs and 2nd base, but Murakami hit four balls in a row from the first pitch.



Following No. 5 Osuna's preemptive two-point timely two base was called in.



The second at bat was 3 to 2 and Yakult was the lead in the 3rd inning.



On the second ball from one ball, I missed the straight line of the 155 km in-course and fell to the first ground.



After that, Yamamoto suddenly dropped to the bench when he threw three pitches at the beginning of the fifth inning, and was replaced in the middle of the game.



Triple crown king and pitcher's title 4 crowns.



It was a disappointing result for baseball fans who were looking forward to the match between the two representatives of the baseball world.

Orix pitcher Yamamoto 4 runs without showing the original pitching

Yoshinobu Yamamoto, the absolute ace who was entrusted with the mound in the first match, of Orix, struggled with ball control from the start and could not show his original pitching, giving up 4 points.



I couldn't give the team momentum.



This season, Yamamoto achieved his first no-hitter and no-run record for the first time in history, winning four titles as a starting pitcher for the second consecutive year, including the most wins and best ERA, and led the team as an absolute ace. .



On the other hand, in last year's Japan Series, he started two games against Yakult, and although he pitched well in both, he was unable to become a winning pitcher. I want to come with all my might,” he said enthusiastically.



However, Yamamoto on the 22nd was unable to control the breaking balls such as the fork ball and the curve ball, which were the deciding pitches, from the start.



He invited a pinch of 2 outs and 2nd base in the 1st inning, and Yakult's No. 5 Osuna hit a timely two base and scored 2 points in the first inning.



After that, although the teammates caught up with him, he was unable to regain his original form and was hit by a home run by Yasutaka Shiomi in the 3rd inning and by Osuna in the 4th inning. It was a miscalculation to lose 4 points.



In the 5th inning, immediately after throwing the third pitch to Kiblehan, who was the first pinch hitter of the inning, Yamamoto himself gave a signal to the bench to get off the mound and change.



According to the team, he complained of a cramping sensation in his left side.



The absolute ace that Orix sent out with the hope of winning was not able to show the original pitching and could not bring momentum to the team.