Koshino: “The perspective of the hit ball is wrong” Nippon-Ham Ham Fighters’ Kotaro Kiyomiya ‘s hit ball judgment error also affected the 3rd consecutive loss | Pacific League

◆ Although they hit a run that temporarily took the lead, Iwamoto said, “We made a lot of mistakes that didn’t even make it into the record books.”

Nippon-Ham, who wanted to stop their losing streak, lost their third game against Orix on the 6th, 4-6, and suffered their third straight loss. With a 4-2 lead in the top of the 6th, with two outs and a runner on first, third baseman Kotaro Kiyomiya misjudged Olivares’ hit. If he had stepped forward to catch it, it would have been a grounder to third base, but he stepped back for a moment and was too late to handle it, resulting in an infield hit. Then Keita Nakagawa hit a three-run Home Run, allowing the team to take the lead.

On the 6th, Fuji TV ONE’s “Professional baseball News 2025” aired a series of critical comments about Kiyomiya’s regrettable misjudgment after he hit a run that gave the team a temporary lead in the 5th inning.

Tsutomu Iwamoto pointed out, “There were a lot of mistakes that don’t even make it into the record books. A mistake in judging the ball,” to which Kenji Koshino replied, “Looking at the way Kiyomiya bounce, his sense of distance on the ball, which bounced once and went up, was wrong. The color of the ball was overlapping with the stands behind him, and I can only think that in his mind it looked like it was flying quite far.”

Taking this into consideration, Iwamoto concluded by saying, “Since it’s our home stadium, I hope this is resolved quickly.”

☆ Cooperation: Fuji TV ONE “Professional baseball News 2025”