In a night game on September 17, the Hanshin Tigers cruised to a 7-1 win over the Hiroshima Carp. Shota Morishita launched his league-leading 34th home run, a two-run shot, as the middle-order trio of Morishita, Teruaki Sato, and Yusuke Oyama combined to drive in all 7 runs in a show of offensive firepower. On 5ch’s live game thread, comments piled up like “The Tigers are fully back lol” and “Meanwhile my team is grinding its teeth watching the champion Tigers and the BayStars mash the ball…”. The same day also brought news that the Giants’ Shunsuke Urata had been pulled from the active roster with a torn ligament in his right elbow, drawing attention as a development that could affect both the late-season pennant race and the Rookie of the Year race.
What people said
7AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:18
Morishita just hit a 2-run homer, ask me anything?
11AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:19
Re: #7
How does it feel?
8AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:18
Live now
Hanshin 6-1 Hiroshima
9AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:18
End of the 4th
BayStars 2-0
10AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:18
I mean, the 'Hiroshima Ablaze' campaign did win them a few games at least lol (Carp's 2025 season slogan)
12AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:19
Re: #11
Oyama hit a homer too…
13AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:19
Live now
Hanshin 7-1 Hiroshima
14AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:20
Tokoda, go join the Orix Buffaloes already
15AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:20
The Tigers are fully back lol
18AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:21
Naoki, get outta the way lol
19AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:21
I mean, my team swept them, and now people expect that same team to go beat the champion Tigers? Way too naive! Argh
20AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:21
Not that my team, who just gave up 9 runs to the BayStars in two innings, has any room to talk, but Tokoda, get it together already
21AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:21
Teru doesn't look like he'd get any weaker even if he went to the US (nickname for Teruaki Sato)
26AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:23
Re: #21
Better for him to leave while he's still missed, before he becomes an obstacle to player development — good for both him and the team
22AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:22
Manager Fujikawa, who fought against his own limits, is a true master strategist.
24AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:23
[Hiroshima] Ryosuke Kikuchi racks up 100 hits in a season for the first time in 2 years! 13th time in his career, tying manager Takahiro Arai and others — 111 hits away from 2,000 for his career… second on the team this season behind Shogo Sakakura
https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/aa0098cf5ef52fa17a7be6cf6d4bb4f97c0b153f
32AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:25
Hanshin's Shota Morishita crushes his 34th homer, a 2-run shot! Direct hit on the left field foul pole sends Koshien into a roar — now just one behind Teruaki Sato — the two exchange words on the field — middle-order trio combines for all 7 runs in a rampage
https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/a2a49ff9f31c79a695812c6eb1c62becd10ef2d3
33AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:25
That faint hope of Hiroshima pulling off a win just got completely crushed
35AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:26
That ball took a nasty bad hop
36AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:26
Shockwaves for the Giants — Shunsuke Urata pulled from the active roster with a 'torn ligament in his right elbow' — the unshakeable leadoff man and top Rookie of the Year candidate… a painful loss right in the thick of the pennant race, injured on the 14th
https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/39d314f2df0164ece253fa183f2e73bac3b0eb93
37AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:27
Maybe my team will start hitting like crazy now that Urata's out of the picture
38AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:28
If that pole-direct shot happened at this quirky old ballpark on some technicality, then it's a foul ball, so no problem (note: a pole-direct hit is actually ruled a home run under the real rules)
41AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:29
BayStars' bats VS Tigers' bats
Which one's the true champion!?
47AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:31
If it weren't for Sakakura's error… Seems like he's got no love for my team, so maybe we should stop trying to get him lol
57AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:39
If SoftBank wins and the Fighters win, doesn't that clinch the pennant right there?
59AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:39
Shinya Miyamoto's doing commentary today of all days, and they're not even starting Motoyama? What's that about?
65AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:41
Thought things might get dicey with Takemaru out and Ma-kun starting
but turns out the other side is throwing Nakanishi too, so it evens out
Background and Talking Points
The thread title “Giants Acting Manager 140” isn’t reporting a managerial change — it’s simply the running number of a recurring live-game thread. The phrase “my team” that shows up in the posts is thread-specific slang referring to whichever club a given poster supports; here it’s used to lament a struggling team while watching the red-hot Tigers and BayStars pile up runs. The removal of Shunsuke Urata from the Giants’ active roster over a torn ligament in his right elbow drew the thread’s attention because he was also seen as a leading Rookie of the Year candidate, making it relevant to both the Giants’ lineup construction and the award race. For Hanshin, the middle-order trio of Morishita, Teruaki Sato, and Oyama all performed well, and the post about being “one behind Sato Teruaki” refers to the two players’ race for home runs.
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