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This is a live thread for the October 1, 2026 Giants vs. Hanshin Tigers game at Koshien Stadium. Hanshin starter Shoki Murakami repeatedly let the Giants load the bases — no outs with the bases loaded, then no outs with runners on first and third — but escaped both jams without allowing a run, prompting a mix of awe and frustration in the thread: “Everyone’s really battling up there,” and “Getting shut down by Murakami is just pathetic.” This is already Murakami’s 8th start against the Giants this season, with some posters jokingly suggesting Hanshin manager Kyuji Fujikawa holds a personal “grudge” against the team. Overall, the thread reflected mounting frustration with a Giants lineup that keeps going silent against a sharp opposing pitcher.
What people said
Giants Acting Manager Thread 157
Starting Lineups
[Giants] [Hanshin]
7 Maru 8 Chikamoto
8 Matsumoto 4 Nakano
6 Izumiguchi 9 Morishita
2 Otaka 5 Sato
5 Richard 3 Oyama
4 Yoshikawa 7 Takadera
3 Masuda Riku 2 Sakamoto
9 Hirayama 2 Motoyama
1 Taketaru 1 Murakami
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Even Richard managed to work him, so maybe Murakami's not that sharp today.
No outs, runners on first and third, zero runs.
Fujikawa's grudge against the Giants runs deep.
If anything it's a gift from Fujikawa — who'd have guessed the same team still couldn't solve him by now.
8 Murakami
7 Kanamaru
7 Tamamura
6 Ono
6 Saiki
6 Yamano
Yamano's starting tomorrow, so that number's about to go up.
Everything from the 5-hole down is garbage — zero runs looks all but certain.
This has turned into a fun game.
Both of them would probably just uncork a wild pitch lol
They'll just hand that honor off to the BayStars anyway.
Seriously?!
Totally whiffed on that call lol
Yeah, that kind of strategy makes sense at this point.
And yet — zero runs allowed lol
Background and Key Points
This game came in the late stages of a tight Central League pennant race as of September 30, with the Giants struggling against the pinpoint control of Hanshin starter Shoki Murakami. Posters in the thread pointed out that this was already Murakami’s 8th start against the Giants this season, highlighting a lopsided head-to-head record. The remark about Hanshin manager Kyuji Fujikawa holding a “grudge against the Giants” is a tongue-in-cheek guess from fans referencing his playing days facing the Giants’ lineup, not a documented real-life feud. The Giants twice advanced runners into scoring position — once with the bases loaded and no outs, once with runners on first and third and no outs — yet failed to score either time, drawing plenty of complaints about the lower order’s lack of support, alongside some praise for the pitching staff that kept the damage off the board. Whether to blame the sluggish lineup or credit the opposing pitching became the thread’s central point of disagreement.
※This article is compiled and summarized from the 5ch (Hello Project board) thread “Giants Acting Manager Thread 158.”
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