Japan Contest》Taiwan ace Hsu Ruoxi did not participate! SoftBank wins first victory in 11 fierce games, heading towards second consecutive victory

Xu Ruoxi. (File photo)

[Sports Center/Comprehensive Report] Today in the Japanese competition G1, SoftBank defeated Yokohama DeNA 3:1 in 11 rounds, taking the first step towards its second consecutive championship. Taiwanese strong shot Hsu Ruoxi, who plays for SoftBank, did not play in this game.

Both sides failed in the first 6 rounds of the game. SoftBank launched an offensive on the 7th. Makihara Daisei and Yamamoto Yudai successively hit the second and third bases, and then Zhuang Ziyu hit a second base grounder to return 1 point, helping the team to score first.

SoftBank's ace pitcher Naoyuki Uesawa retired after 7 scoreless innings. He was replaced by Hiroki Matsumoto in the 8th and was out of order. He was tied by Makihide Goten and the game returned to the starting point.

The two teams tied 1:1 after 9 innings and entered the overtime. In the first half of the 11th inning, SoftBank relied on veteran Yanagida Yuki to hit a long hit to ignite the offensive. When there were people on first and second base with 1 out, Zhuang Zixiong swept out a priceless double in the left field and returned the key lead. Then Yanagi Machida made up for the high-flying sacrifice hit and scored another victory. SoftBank took reassurance.

SoftBank entered the second half of the 11th inning with a 3:1 lead and sent Kazuki Sugiyama to the board. He backed up the scoreless game and helped the team win the series for the first time.