
日本シリーズで代打起用に応え、チームの延長戦勝利に貢献
日本シリーズでソフトバンクの山川穂高が九回に代打で登場し、同点ソロ本塁打を放った。チームはその後、延長十回に川村の決勝弾で勝利。今季は不振に苦しんだ山川だが、短期決戦での勝負強さを見せつけた。
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山川は今季、開幕戦で4番に起用されるも調子が上がらず、11本塁打に留まる不本意なシーズンを過ごした。
度肝を抜く一振りで、敵地のファンを静まり返らせた。ソフトバンクの山川が、九回に代打で登場して同点ソロ。大砲が大仕事をして試合を振り出しに戻した。
2―3の九回1死、マウンドにはDeNAの抑えレイノルズ。真ん中付近のカットボールを振り抜くと、打球は左翼席も越え、場外へと消えた。バットを放り捨ててダイヤモンドを1周。「集中して自分のスイングをすることだけを考えた。しっかり仕留めることができた」と喜んだ。延長十回に川村が決勝ソロを放ち、チームは連夜の延長戦を制した。
今季は不本意なシーズンを過ごした。開幕戦は4番で起用されたが、調子が上がらず、2軍暮らしに。終盤に再び1軍に上がっても本来の状態には戻らず、11本塁打で終えた。
日本シリーズ第1戦の前日練習では、横浜スタジアムを訪れた王貞治球団会長にアドバイスをもらう姿もあった。第1、2戦ともスタメン起用はなかったが、自分の準備だけは怠らなかった。
昨季の日本シリーズは、3本塁打を放つなど爆発し、最高殊勲選手賞に輝いた。一度調子を取り戻せば、止まらなくなる主砲。短期決戦の強さを改めて発揮した。

J1 Mito HolyHock soccer team has dismissed manager Daisuke Kimori due to poor performance and announced the appointment of former manager Naoki Mori as his successor. The team is currently in 17th place with six consecutive losses, and Mori is trying to rebuild with the goal of remaining in J1.

The selection committee for the Sawamura Award, which is given to the most successful starting pitcher in professional baseball that year, was held in Tokyo on the 26th, and Hanshin's Haruto Takahashi was selected for the first time. This season, he achieved 4 goals with 16 wins and an ERA of 1.87.

The first female shogi player is born in the shogi world. Tomoka Nishiyama, 31, a four-time female shogi champion, has fulfilled her lifelong dream of becoming the first female shogi player and will be active as a shogi player from next spring. This is the first female shogi player to achieve this feat in more than half a century.

The Japan Shogi Federation announced on the 26th that it had accepted an application from four-time female champion Tomoka Nishiyama to become a shogi player. This is the first time a female shogi player has been born in the shogi world. As of April 1st next year, he will be promoted to 4th dan and transferred to the free class.

In the final round of the U.S. Women's Golf Championship at the BMW Championship, Yuri Yoshida posted a total of 17 under par, overcoming a four-stroke deficit and winning her first U.S. Tour victory. This is the fourth victory for a Japanese team this season.

Last year's champion, Ami Nakai, achieved a come-from-behind victory at the French Figure GP. Starting in 3rd place in the SP, she took her mother's advice to heart and succeeded in performing triple axels in the free program, overcoming her fear and winning the championship.