No points scored on full base, bunt failure … Reason why Softbank, a series of mistakes explained by a former coach, won | Full account

Comment from Tetsuya Iida, who was a coach for the Hawks and was also active in Yakult until last season.

■ Softbank 4-3 Lotte (CS, 14, PayPay Dome)

It was natural to win, was it a great pressure? Softbank rebounded from underdog and won a win from behind over Lotte 4-3. Round 1 of the “Parsol Climax Series Pa” with Lotte held at the PayPay Dome on the 14th. Softbank has won the Japanese series for the fourth year in a row. In the early stages, he was behind the scenes and made a lot of mistakes. Tetsuya Iida, who was Softbank’s coach until last season and was also active in Yakult, analyzes that “I think some people wonder why they won this, but there were points on key points.

Softbank made a full base shot with three straight hits from Nakamura, Yanagida and Glasial from the first kill, but Kurihara fell with a double hit. No points were scored, like when Kai missed from first and second base without dying in the fifth inning. I think I can get points, but I can’t. Lotte’s starting lineup, Mima, stalled. Before the match, Mr. Iida emphasized the Japanese series, which he had participated in many times during the Yakult era, saying: “In the short-term decisive battle, you must decide the touch firmly and you must keep it where you can get it.” .. Up to this point, it was completely Lotte’s flow.

However, the tide turned with Lotte’s succession in the sixth inning, and the opponent’s defensive error was involved and the score was tied. In the eighth inning, he managed to win on Kai’s infield hits as the basis for two kills from Lotte Sawamura’s four balls. It was Hawks who finally smiled at the goddess of victory in a match where many mistakes were made between them.

“Due to preference, I could see the strength of Bunt’s error and Gettsu’s cunning flow. There was the strength of Hawks.”