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In Game 1 of the Central League Climax Series on October 14, the Hanshin Tigers fell 0-2 to the DeNA BayStars. A go-ahead hit from Miyazaki and a solo home run from Sano gave DeNA the lead, and the BayStars’ pitching staff closed it out with a shutout relay. Hanshin squandered their chances, stranding 11 runners and grounding into two double plays, and suffered a scare in the 9th when Teruaki Sato fouled a pitch off his own right foot and had to leave the game on defense. Under the Climax Series advantage system, the head-to-head record effectively reverts to 1-1, and the thread lit up with debate over manager Fushimi’s bunt calls and just how much weight that advantage win should really carry.
DeNA 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 | 2
Hanshin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
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Source: nikkansports.com / Original article here
What people said
Peak the team for the Climax Series and pull off a giant-killer upset.
That's literally all the BayStars ever do, it's not fair!
Then just copy them lol
He actually got a hit, which is rare for him.
Though SoftBank probably dreads facing the BayStars more than anyone else too.
[Hanshin] Ouch, Teru! Teruaki Sato hurt — fouled a ball off his own right foot, subbed out on defense in the 9th
https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/6dc679ea27e2604996b99e3c76205dc5020f1c7f
Self-inflicted foul ball.
Well, it's not the kind of spot where you'd expect a fracture, so he'll probably be out there again tomorrow.
That was exactly the kind of spot where grinding out a walk would've hurt them more.
and Hanshin still lost. Give me a break lol
And that's with the umps (fans call it the 'Hanshin-friendly ump') bailing them out over and over too.
is Sato-Teru gonna be okay?
If only they had a 2-win advantage like SoftBank does.
Are they gonna be alright?
Murakami taking the loss was expected anyway.
Never disappoints.
Instead they partied like idiots into the middle of the night.
I bet even Kyuji and the rest of the coaching staff don't realize the advantage lead can grow.
That game they deliberately sent Ishii out for and lost was against Yokohama too.
Hanshin started with 1 win and Yokohama started with 1 loss already baked in, so yeah, that's how the math works out.
Thanks, that's rough for Hanshin — now it feels like Yokohama's a lock for the Japan Series.
The pitcher they got as compensation for Yamaguchi has been starting for them for 10 years since then.
He gets hurt a lot, but he's been a real lifesaver.
Don't forget about Baba.
He's still on the bench, you know.
Background and Key Talking Points
The Central League’s Climax Series (CS) gives the regular-season first-place team a built-in one-win advantage before the series even starts. Since Hanshin’s 0-2 loss here came on top of that advantage win, the real head-to-head record effectively reverts to 1-1. The thread was split over how this advantage system should be weighted, with some fans questioning whether the coaching staff is even managing with the advantage rule in mind. There was also a scare when Teruaki Sato fouled a ball off his own right foot in the 9th inning and had to leave on defense, though the extent of the injury wasn’t clear as of this writing.
※This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Geinou/Sports News+) thread “[Baseball] CL Climax Series Game 1: Tigers 0-2 BayStars [10/14] — DeNA ties it 1-1, Miyazaki’s go-ahead hit, Sano homers, bullpen combines on shutout, Hanshin strands 11 and grounds into 2 double plays.”
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