Fumiya Kurokawa has hit in nine consecutive games Naoyuki Uwasawa is doing well with a monthly ERA of 1.23.
Pacific League Insight
2025.9.25(木) 22:38
On September 26 at 6:00 p.m., the 25th round of the Northeast Rakuten vs. Fukuoka Softbank will be played at Rakuten Mobile Park Miyagi. The Eagles with the magic number “2” will win the championship if they win in this game, 2nd place and Hokkaido Nippon-Ham draw or lose, or if they draw this game, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham loses.
Matchups: Tohoku Rakuten (4th place) vs. Fukuoka Softbank (1st place) 11-13
Preliminary Round
Tohoku Rakuten: Tatsuki Koja pitcher 17 games, 6-7, ERA 3.82
Fukuoka Softbank AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA: Naoyuki Uwasawa pitcher 21 games, 11-6, ERA 2.72
Northeast Rakuten is, Fumiya Kurokawa We would like to focus on the players. Kurokawa, who also hit 1 hit in the previous game, has been on a 9-game hit streak since the game against Chiba Lotte on May 15. He started the season with the second team, but was promoted to the first team in mid-June. Since then, his monthly batting average has exceeded .290 in every month, and in June, August, and September, it has been in the .300 range.
Against Fukuoka Softbank, Naoyuki Uwasawa pitcher started and won 4 games in August, ERA winning MVP of the month with a 1.73, and has been consistent with a 1.23 ERA in 3 games this month. In his last outing against Tohoku Rakuten (August 1), he won 5 hit 1 runs games in 7 innings, so we expect him to pitch well.
Text by Aoi Nishijima
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