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In the Giants–Yakult clash, Giants rookie Yamato Suzuki—making his first pro start and first at-bat—came out swinging with a go-ahead RBI single and also picked up his first career stolen base. On the mound for Yakult was 46-year-old Masanori Ishikawa, making his first start of the season, who was pulled after just 7 pitches and one out, having already allowed 4 runs. His streak of winning at least one game every season since his rookie year—25 years and counting—will have to wait. Over on the thread, the lopsided run support left fans equal parts stunned and delighted.
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Nice going, Yamato!
2025-2026
Departures
Released: #26 Imamura, #28 Takahashi, #36 Baba, #54 Otosaka, #95 Toda
Released as free agents: #29 Griffin, #33 Keller, #39 Fulp, #42 Hernandez, #50 Okoe
Active Player Draft: #68 Kikuchi
FA compensation pick: #48 Tanaka Chiharu
Trade: #59 Wakabayashi
Posted to MLB: #25 Okamoto
Retired: #7 Chono, #30 Kondo, #43 Shigenobu
Demoted to developmental roster: #69 Sasahara, #90 Ishida Mitsuru, #94 Kita, #98 Suzuki, #99 Kyomoto
Arrivals
Draft picks (regular): #21 Takemaru, #30 Tawa, #33 Kohama, #36 Yamashiro, #39 Minagawa, #99 Fujii
FA signings: #9 Matsumoto, #43 Norimoto
Active Player Draft: #54 Matsuura
Trade: —
Other: #26 Whitley, #28 Howard, #29 Dalbec, #42 Mata, #56 Kitaura, #98 Ogasawara
Promoted to first-team roster: #25 Shiroki, #48 Luciano, #50 Tima, #59 Suzuki, #68 Utsunomiya, #69 Hirayama, #94 Chinen, #95 Sasahara
2025 first-team registrations: 69
2026 first-team registrations: 70
Open uniform numbers
7, 18, 55, 83
Departures
Released: #26 Imamura, #28 Takahashi, #36 Baba, #54 Otosaka, #95 Toda
Released as free agents: #29 Griffin, #33 Keller, #39 Fulp, #42 Hernandez, #50 Okoe
Active Player Draft: #68 Kikuchi
FA compensation pick: #48 Tanaka Chiharu
Trade: #59 Wakabayashi
Posted to MLB: #25 Okamoto
Retired: #7 Chono, #30 Kondo, #43 Shigenobu
Demoted to developmental roster: #69 Sasahara, #90 Ishida Mitsuru, #94 Kita, #98 Suzuki, #99 Kyomoto
Arrivals
Draft picks (regular): #21 Takemaru, #30 Tawa, #33 Kohama, #36 Yamashiro, #39 Minagawa, #99 Fujii
FA signings: #9 Matsumoto, #43 Norimoto
Active Player Draft: #54 Matsuura
Trade: —
Other: #26 Whitley, #28 Howard, #29 Dalbec, #42 Mata, #56 Kitaura, #98 Ogasawara
Promoted to first-team roster: #25 Shiroki, #48 Luciano, #50 Tima, #59 Suzuki, #68 Utsunomiya, #69 Hirayama, #94 Chinen, #95 Sasahara
2025 first-team registrations: 69
2026 first-team registrations: 70
Open uniform numbers
7, 18, 55, 83
Jingu Stadium
Starting lineups
[Giants] [Yakult]
4 Urata 6 Nagaoka
9 Sasaki 9 Namiki
7 Matsumoto 5 Akabane
3 Dalbec 3 Miyamoto
2 Otsuka 7 Nishimura
5 Sakamoto 2 Koga
6 Izumiguchi 8 Iwata
8 Suzuki (Yamato) 4 Takeoka
1 Mata 1 Ishikawa
*Yamato Suzuki's first pro start, first pro at-bat
Starting lineups
[Giants] [Yakult]
4 Urata 6 Nagaoka
9 Sasaki 9 Namiki
7 Matsumoto 5 Akabane
3 Dalbec 3 Miyamoto
2 Otsuka 7 Nishimura
5 Sakamoto 2 Koga
6 Izumiguchi 8 Iwata
8 Suzuki (Yamato) 4 Takeoka
1 Mata 1 Ishikawa
*Yamato Suzuki's first pro start, first pro at-bat
He can retire happy after this, Yamato.
Our boys are so damn stroooong!!!
Coach Hashigami's 'cultivation' hits the bullseye again (Hashigami is the Giants' strategy coach known for developing young hitters)
Hurry up and get through this game before the rain comes!
Mata hasn't even pitched yet lol
Mata's getting hits before he's even thrown a pitch lol
Please just call this for rain after 5 innings lol
The acting manager's strategy call pays off
The seeds sown by master manager Abe just keep blooming — our Young Giants are looking so reliable
46-year-old Masanori Ishikawa, making his first start of the season for Yakult, suffers a heartbreaking first-inning knockout — manages just one out… surrenders the go-ahead run on a mere 7 pitches and gives up 4 runs to 4 batters. Shows signs of discomfort in his left shoulder before heading to the bench and exiting the game for good. His streak of winning at least one game every season since his rookie year — 25 years running — will have to wait.
https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/604e95648ab4e8136f2d4fc96df637fcf77f1d35
https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/604e95648ab4e8136f2d4fc96df637fcf77f1d35
Is it really okay to steal a base with a 6-run lead?
Was that Yamato's first hit in his first pro at-bat?
Running with a 6-run lead… is that really alright?
Well, Mata can't bunt, so there you go
Are these guys secretly the Kufu Hayate? (a farm-league team famous for relentless small-ball and aggressive baserunning)
Yamato's got that clutch factor
Our team's just doing whatever it wants out there
Well, they went and did it, huh
Mata should ask for the ball too (a nod to the tradition of keeping the ball from a milestone hit)
Well, they went and did it again, huh
This is way too much of a bonus game lol
What am I even watching right now
He's totally getting drilled next at-bat
That kind of unwritten rule doesn't even exist in MLB anymore, man
Just peg him in the crotch!
This is definitely gonna be a 'lesson' pitch
First at-bat, first RBI hit for 2 runs, first stolen base
How about we go for a historic first — batting around twice in the first inning?
Sakamoto's still the only out so far
There's no guarantee Mata won't implode out there either
Better pad the lead by another 10 runs just in case
Better pad the lead by another 10 runs just in case
This pitcher's a victim of Ishikawa too, honestly
Stealing with a 6-run lead breaks the unwritten rules, come on
Our team's so fired up they hit into a double play lol
I've got plenty to say about this, but… eh, I'll let it slide
Matsumoto, thrown into emergency relief duty right from the first inning, is a victim in all this too
*This article is compiled from excerpts and a summary of the 5ch (Hello! Project board) thread “Giants Acting Manager Thread 116”.
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