Giants Struggle Against DeNA in Climax Series — 5ch Reacts to Dalbec’s Solo Shot: ‘I Don’t Want to Go Home Yet’

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On October 11, at Tokyo Dome, a live-commentary thread followed the Giants vs. DeNA Climax Series game. The starters were Takemaru for the Giants and Ishida Yuma for DeNA, and as the game unfolded with the Giants trailing, Dalbec hit a solo home run to pull one run back. The thread briefly lit up with excitement, but frustration soon took over as fans vented about the lineup’s inability to get leadoff hitters on base and about the batting order, with some recalling past struggles against the Tigers and DeNA. Fans watched on through a game that stayed frustrating to the end.

What people said

1AnonymousOct 11, 2026 15:02
Previous thread
Giants Acting Manager 171
2AnonymousOct 11, 2026 15:02
2026-2027
Departures
Released (non-tendered): 37 Kori, 38 Okada, 64 Yamada
Free agent: 12 Hagio, 54 Matsuura
Current draftee:
Trade:
Retirement:

Demoted to development roster:


Arrivals
Draft top pick:
Current draftee:
Trade:
Other:

Promoted to active roster:

2026 active roster count: 70
2027 active roster count: 65

Open uniform numbers
7 12 18 37 38 54 55 64 83
3AnonymousOct 11, 2026 15:03
Sports Hochi Giants Beat Team
@hochi_giants
Tokyo Dome
Starting Lineups
【Giants】  【DeNA】
4 Yoshikawa    7 Dokai
8 Matsumoto    4 Maki
6 Izumiguchi    5 Tsutsugo
2 Oshiro    9 Encarnacion
7 Maru     3 Sano
3 Dalbec  8 Ebina
9 Nakayama    6 Naruse
5 Richard  2 Tobashira
1 Takemaru    1 Ishida Yu
15AnonymousOct 11, 2026 15:07
Man, they're weak in the CS though.
For the Giants it's not really a best-of-3 CS, it's more like a best-of-2.
16AnonymousOct 11, 2026 15:07
Daiki — who went through a bitter experience with the Hayate —
is really doing well these days.
25AnonymousOct 11, 2026 15:09
They're not actually weak, you know.
They're only weak when they come up against the Bay Stars.
DeNA's roster would have to get bad enough to fall into B-class before that changes.
28AnonymousOct 11, 2026 15:09
Feels like Dalbec's about to hit a homer.
He's due for one soon.
56AnonymousOct 11, 2026 15:11
Re: #28
Well, you got me there.
29AnonymousOct 11, 2026 15:10
キタ━━━━(゚∀゚)━━━━!! ("HERE IT COMES!!")
31AnonymousOct 11, 2026 15:10
The bench looks pretty stacked with position players actually.
No wonder they've got double-digit games banked above .500.
34AnonymousOct 11, 2026 15:10
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
35AnonymousOct 11, 2026 15:10
DAL-CHAN STAYING WITH THE TEAM CONFIRMED, LET'S GOOOOO
42AnonymousOct 11, 2026 15:10
THE OPENING SHOT OF THE COMEBACK IS HERE キタ━━━━(゚∀゚)━━━━!!
43AnonymousOct 11, 2026 15:10
I don't want to go back to America yet!!
46AnonymousOct 11, 2026 15:10
DALBEC CAME THROUGH AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
50AnonymousOct 11, 2026 15:10
Lol, of course none of the leadoff guys can get on base right when it matters.
61AnonymousOct 11, 2026 15:11
Dal (imagined quote): "This is Japanese omiyage (souvenir)… bye-bye."
62AnonymousOct 11, 2026 15:12
"He's totally on camera" "Yep, there he is" — Famous comedian spotted watching the Climax Series, caught "fully" on TV… fans react
https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/04879144f84f9d6d7a83b06207e20c3c96a816cb
66AnonymousOct 11, 2026 15:12
Speaking of being caught "fully" on camera, isn't that usually Kuriyama's thing? Is it Kuriyama again this time?
71AnonymousOct 11, 2026 15:13
The Dome crowd going absolutely wild over Dal's solo shot pulling back one run…
kind of sad when you think about it, lol
72AnonymousOct 11, 2026 15:13
Going by actual stats, the production you'd expect from "Dalbec" is really coming from Richard.
76AnonymousOct 11, 2026 15:13
Ishizuka, just hit a homer already so we can move on to the offseason.
Seriously, zero home runs? Come on.
77AnonymousOct 11, 2026 15:13
Richard, keep your swing compact, just make contact.
79AnonymousOct 11, 2026 15:14
They've been losing a lot of 1-2 games since late September,
so today might end up following that same pattern too.
81AnonymousOct 11, 2026 15:14
Felt like Richard had a hit there, but it was a huge foul down the pole, and then a well-hit grounder to short turned into a double play — so it's 3-0.
91AnonymousOct 11, 2026 15:16
コネ━━━(゚д゚;)━━━!! ("IT'S NOT COMING!!")
93AnonymousOct 11, 2026 15:16
The problem with the Giants' lineup is they can't even score properly off third-rate pitchers like this.
95AnonymousOct 11, 2026 15:16
Richard, nothing but near-miss hard-hit balls.
102AnonymousOct 11, 2026 15:19
They fought the Tigers for the pennant all the way to the end,
and now the season's ending on two games with content this garbage… unbelievable.
104AnonymousOct 11, 2026 15:19
Re: #102
The Tigers (lol) just went and dropped 7 straight all on their own.
151AnonymousOct 11, 2026 15:31
Re: #102
Yeah, our team's always been absurdly weak against the Bay Stars.
120AnonymousOct 11, 2026 15:24
Feels like it's always the Tigers and the Bay Stars fighting it out between themselves for the Japan Series spot.
123AnonymousOct 11, 2026 15:26
Re: #120
Back in the day it was the Tigers (lol) and the "Miso" (a mocking nickname for the Chunichi Dragons).

Background and Key Points

The Climax Series (CS) format grants win advantages based on regular-season standings, and the thread included some grumbling about the format itself. The Giants battled the Tigers for the pennant all season, only to keep dropping games to DeNA down the stretch, and the thread was full of fans looking back on that history. Criticism of the batting order came up repeatedly, but language amounting to personal attacks on specific players or staff, along with sexual jokes, has been left out of this article. The sighting of a famous comedian caught on camera during the CS broadcast was another topic that got the thread buzzing.

*This article is compiled as an excerpt and summary from the 5ch (Hello! Project board) thread “Giants Acting Manager 172.”

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