Oh my gosh, Yomiuri was beaten by third place ' barely over 50%'..."I'm going to get criticized." Director Abe apologizes for Sugano's defeat
Oh my gosh, Yomiuri was beaten by third place ' barely over 50%'..."I'm going to get criticized." Director Abe apologizes for Sugano's defeat
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A team with the lowest winning percentage ever in Japanese pro baseball has advanced to the Japanese Series. The "underdog" that made history was the Yokohama DeNA BayStars. In addition, DeNA became the first team in the history of Japanese pro baseball to advance to the Japanese Series twice from the third place.
The defeat of the Yomiuri Giants, who were the opponents, comes as a shock. Manager Abe Shinnosuke bowed his head, saying his choice led to defeat.
Yomiuri lost 2-3 in Game 6 of the Climax Series Final Stage against DeNA of the "2024 Japanese Professional Baseball" held at Tokyo Dome, Japan on the 21st, failing to advance to the Japanese Series. As the No. 1 player in the Central League, he started the series with one win over home advantage in six games of the Final Stage, but was on the brink of losing three games in a row, and fought back with two consecutive wins, but lost the last game.
He led 2-0 until the fourth inning, but was turned around. Yomiuri aimed for the first run with second batter Makoto Kadowaki's sacrifice bunt when leadoff hitter Hisayoshi Chono allowed a walk in the bottom of the first inning. Yomiuri's grounder to the shortstop put the runner on position, but Okamoto Kazuma intentionally went out to the fourth pitch, leading to the offense. When fifth batter Elior Hernandez grounded out to the shortstop, Keito Mori's error occurred and Yomiuri managed to score the first run.
In the fourth inning, Hayato Sakamoto hit a double as the leadoff hitter, and ninth hitter Shosei Toko scored an additional run with a squeeze bunt with runners on the first and third bases with one out. However, Yomiuri stopped scoring here. In the ensuing defense, he fell to the bottom of DeNA and had three hits to easily tie the game.
DeNA balanced the game 2-2 with Yuki Kajiwara's hit to the right, a tiebreaking triple by Mori, and a timely hit by Mike Ford. When the game was tying 2-2, DeNA took the lead in the top of the ninth inning. Mori's hit again led to an opportunity. With runners on the third and second bases with two outs, Shugo Maki threw a timely hit to the left. DeNA deployed Kohei Morihara, the closing pitcher, in the bottom of the ninth inning to maintain the one-run lead and advance to the Japan Series.
"DeNA has advanced to the Japan Series from the third place for the second time following 2017 with four wins and three losses after a fierce battle," Japan Daily Sports reported. Under the "Climax Series" that began in 2007, it is the seventh time that the second and third place teams in the league have advanced to the Japan Series. Among them, the team has won the Japan Series four times. It is also the third time that DeNA has advanced to the Japan Series from the third place, following Chiba Lotte in 2010 and DeNA in 2017. DeNA will now hold the record."
"DeNA has recorded the lowest winning percentage ever among Japanese Series teams. It recorded 71 wins, three draws and 69 losses during the regular season this year with a winning percentage of 0.507. The previous record was 0.520 (64 wins, seven draws and 59 losses) for the Hankyu Braves (later Orix Braves → Orix Buffaloes) in 1975.
With 77 wins, seven draws and 59 losses during the regular season, Yomiuri missed out on advancing to the Japan Series. "I couldn't let him win. I'm sorry. That's the biggest thing," Abe said, bowing down. "Please don't criticize a player. He prevented me from winning. If he criticizes me, I will accept it." 메이저놀이터
Tomoyuki Sugano, who took the mound in relief and lost the game, said, "This game could be the last one at the Yomiuri Giants. He has expressed his intention to challenge once again to advance to the Major League, which he had given up on in the past. Sugano said, "I did my best to take the mound. I have no regrets about the ball I threw today."