In Central League action on August 26, the Yomiuri Giants defeated the Tokyo Yakult Swallows 5-3, with Takuya Kai’s go-ahead hit in the 8th inning proving to be the deciding run. The loss was Yakult’s fifth in a row, leaving the Central League’s 3rd-through-6th place teams separated by just 1.5 games in a chaotic scramble. The thread lit up over the go-ahead knock from Kai, who had been mired in a .077 batting average this season.
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Source: nikkansports.com / Original article here
Giants win again today, and Joa tastes great (o^∀^o) (Joa is a Yakult-brand yogurt drink — the joke: Yakult's baseball team loses, but at least Yakult's dairy products still taste good)
Giants win again today, and Satsuraku Hamin tastes great (o^∀^o) (another dairy drink brand, keeping the running joke going)
Well, when the whole bullpen is uniformly awful like that, you can't help wanting to hurl some abuse
Kai: 'So… aren't you all gonna apologize now?'
>>10
Batting .077 with 1 HR this season —
Kai's got no room to talk
Batting .077 with 1 HR this season —
Kai's got no room to talk
>>10
Kai: 'Sorry for not performing up to my contract'
Kai: 'Sorry for not performing up to my contract'
>>10
Catcher or not, going hitless practically all the way through August is unacceptable
Just retire
Catcher or not, going hitless practically all the way through August is unacceptable
Just retire
Hanging on by a thread
Scraping by, scraping by, and pulling out the win
Scraping by, scraping by, and pulling out the win
Giants win again today, and Yakult 1000 tastes great (o^∀^o) (Yakult's popular probiotic drink)
Only 1.5 games separating them!
>>14
The fish-men (a jab at Yakult) get left in the dust in head-to-head matchups lol
The fish-men (a jab at Yakult) get left in the dust in head-to-head matchups lol
Hashigami's in-game managing was pretty rough too, but Yakult's overall darkness outweighed even that
Yakult suddenly finding closer material in Walters, a guy who's only ever started games lol
Go Giants!
Just steal the pennant outright and get Kyuji fired
Keep it up!! (Kyuji = Fujikawa Kyuji, Hanshin Tigers manager)
Just steal the pennant outright and get Kyuji fired
Keep it up!! (Kyuji = Fujikawa Kyuji, Hanshin Tigers manager)
There are a lot of Giants fans who owe Kai a dogeza (a full grovel-apology) right about now, aren't there (-_-)
Guess Kai never let himself go sour and just kept preparing
In the end it's the veterans you can count on
In the end it's the veterans you can count on
Walters is Tuna No. 2 — zero control whatsoever (a nickname mocking wild, no-command pitchers)
>>1
Pitchers of record
Win: Giants — Ei Tanaka (2-3, 2 SV)
Loss: Yakult — Walters (1-4, 0 SV)
Save: Giants — Martinez (3-3, 36 SV)
Pitchers of record
Win: Giants — Ei Tanaka (2-3, 2 SV)
Loss: Yakult — Walters (1-4, 0 SV)
Save: Giants — Martinez (3-3, 36 SV)
Next thing you know, only 1.5 games behind Hanshin
Wait, is this actually the start of the Giants winning it all under their interim manager?
Kai coming through with a clutch hit out of nowhere like that is exactly the kind of thing that happens to championship teams
Zero hits all season — normally you'd pinch-hit there, but they let him swing anyway and this is what happened
Kai coming through with a clutch hit out of nowhere like that is exactly the kind of thing that happens to championship teams
Zero hits all season — normally you'd pinch-hit there, but they let him swing anyway and this is what happened
>>28
If they win the pennant by some fluke, there goes the whole 'Manager Matsui' plan
If they win the pennant by some fluke, there goes the whole 'Manager Matsui' plan
Can we please stop it with the fact that this guy — who's basically become the cleanup hitter at this point, hit the go-ahead run yesterday and the go-ahead hit today — still just walks up to the generic 'Hitter's Theme' instead of his own song
A home run worth 300 million yen in one swing
>>32
That's a bit pricey…
That's a bit pricey…
The race for first is heating up, but the race for 3rd has turned into total chaos
The Giants are running through literally every player on their active roster — true team-wide effort
Hanshin, meanwhile, is a team that simply loses whenever Sato Teruaki and Morishita don't hit
Hanshin, meanwhile, is a team that simply loses whenever Sato Teruaki and Morishita don't hit
>>34
The plan is for Matsui to take over once the new stadium opens in 2032, so he's not getting the job next year regardless
For now it's said to be either Yoshinobu again or Hara for the umpteenth time
The plan is for Matsui to take over once the new stadium opens in 2032, so he's not getting the job next year regardless
For now it's said to be either Yoshinobu again or Hara for the umpteenth time
>>41
There isn't even going to BE a new stadium lol
There isn't even going to BE a new stadium lol
Back when Yakult was in first place early in the season, there were plenty of people saying 'Yakult's got this year locked up.' No eye for the game whatsoever lol
Someone posted 'no way Yakult actually wins it,' and people replied 'obviously Yakult's got it, they're just too strong this year' lol
So embarrassing in hindsight lol
Someone posted 'no way Yakult actually wins it,' and people replied 'obviously Yakult's got it, they're just too strong this year' lol
So embarrassing in hindsight lol
>>42
Figured that roster had no chance of holding up all season, and yep, called it exactly
Figured that roster had no chance of holding up all season, and yep, called it exactly
Yakult is in serious trouble — at this rate they could end up dead last
>>66
Even so, surely not below Hiroshima as they stand now
Even so, surely not below Hiroshima as they stand now
Chunichi ('Chunidora') pulling off an angry underdog upset there~
>>79
Chunichi's strong at home but weak on the road, so they won't survive the Climax Series (Japan's postseason playoff)
Chunichi's strong at home but weak on the road, so they won't survive the Climax Series (Japan's postseason playoff)
*This article is compiled and summarized from the 5ch (Geisoku+) thread ‘[Baseball] CL S 3-5 G [8/26] Giants’ Kai hits go-ahead HR, Martinez notches his 248th career save, Yakult drop 5th straight, just 1.5 games separate 3rd through 6th place‘.
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