Hanshin Tigers are number one in professional baseball for the first time in 38 years
The Hanshin Tigers won Game 7 of the SMBC Japan Series 2023 and became number one in Japan for the first time in 38 years. This series was the second Kansai Derby in 59 years since 1964, with the Central League champion Hanshin Tigers and the Pacific League champion Orix Buffaloes winning the climax series.
SMBC Japan Series 2023 | NPB.jp Japan Baseball Organization
Hanshin Electric Railway's poster advertising the 'Namba Line Series [Kansai Derby]'
Looking at the wins and losses up to the 7th game, from last year's No. 1 team in Japan, Orix, ●(0-8), ○(8-0), ○(5-4), ●(3-4x), ●(2-6), ○(5-1), 3 wins, 3 losses. The total score for each match was 23 points for both teams, and the difference in points scored was zero, making it a truly competitive match between the two teams.
The starting pitcher for Game 7 will be Hanshin's pitcher Akihiro Aoyagi and Orix's pitcher Daiya Miyagi.
Both starters got off to a good start, allowing hits but not letting anyone step on third base, but in the top of the 4th inning, Hanshin had a hit and a walk, leaving two runners on, and No. 5 Sheldon Noisey hit the left field stand for a 3-run homer. Hit a home run and score 3 points ahead.
Below is the local situation
Noisy bullets towards the best in Japan! ! ! ! !
#Hanshin Tigers pic.twitter.com/KtCt8l0Bbh — Maiko Omi (@0424maron7777) November 5, 2023
Dangerous! Dangerous!
Noisy player! Home run in 2 consecutive games???? #Japan Series #Hanshin #Orix #SMBC Japan Series 2023 #Koshien #Hanshin Tigers #Professional Baseball#7th game #Kyocera Dome Osaka #NPB #Noisy pic.twitter.com/DzKa5kDPIL
— Kubo (@tigers29hanshin) November 5, 2023
Noisy Thank you Thank you Thank you ????????????????????????????????????????????? ?????? #Sheldon Noisy #Hanshin Tigers pic.twitter.com/04dGR8pKxn
— nao (@na141924) November 5, 2023
Public viewing was held at Koshien, and the video posted on X shows that it was as exciting as if you were watching the match right in front of your eyes.
Noisy! ! ! ! ! ! !
— ????RYO???? (@RYO_tigersLove) November 5, 2023
Koshien, it's loud when there's a game lol pic.twitter.com/cvxhlC665s
Koshien cheers with Noisy's home run
— Kick????@Koshien PV (@toratorakikkuu) November 5, 2023
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God helper! ! ! ! ! pic.twitter.com/rZAKSnoAFp
Noisy harsh????????????????????? pic.twitter.com/MZoS9ARZnu
— Momo???? (@momotora_3) November 5, 2023
In front of Hanshin Koshien Stadium, there were fans standing around watching live video and audio to get a feel for the atmosphere, even if they weren't allowed to enter. In fact, an earth-shaking cheer could be heard.
When Noisy takes the field in the bottom of the 4th inning, he takes his hat off to the left field stand to say hello.
Thank you Noisy????????????
pic.twitter.com/46t1suffWx — ???? (@sato_teru_08) November 5, 2023
In the top of the 5th inning, with two outs, they created opportunities for first and third base, and added three points with three consecutive timely hits with Shota Morishita (number 3), Yusuke Oyama (number 4), and Noisy (number 5).
Hanshin becomes the best in Japan for the first time in 38 years, and the campsite of Ginoza Village in Okinawa is also excited! When they scored an additional point in the fifth inning, the Rokko Oroshi sounded ????
— Okinawa Times (@theokinawatimes) November 5, 2023
(Video shot by Hiroya Shimoji) #Hanshin Japan No. 1 #Hanshin #That’s it pic.twitter.com/1k8TgU8kB3
For Hanshin, pitcher Aoyagi was replaced in the middle of the 5th inning with a runner on his back, but pitcher Hiroya Shimamoto cut off his follow-up, and starting in the 6th inning, pitcher Shoji Ito, who started in Game 3 and lost the game, took the mound and pitched for 3 innings. He pitched a scoreless game.
Furthermore, in the top of the 9th inning, the Hanshin batting line added a seventh point with a timely hit by Morishita. With this RBI, Morishita broke the Japan Series rookie RBI record.
In the bottom of the 9th inning, Hanshin pitcher Yu Iwasaki, this season's closer, took the mound with two outs. Orix got one point back with a home run that was immediately recognizable as this season's leading batter, Yuma Tomomiya, and Marwin Gonzalez got on base with a hit, but that was the end of their comeback. Hanshin won 7-1.
In addition, the situation after the game at Amagasaki Chuo Third Avenue Shopping District, which is known as ``the shopping district that supports the Hanshin Tigers the most in Japan,'' is like this. Reporters visited some of the bars, and there was a small crowd in front of the bar, but there was no noisy atmosphere.
The following is a picture of Ebisu Bridge over the Dotonbori River, and the match is still in progress. The Osaka Prefectural Police enforced very strict traffic regulations on the bridge, and it was a line where it was barely permissible to stop for a moment to take a photo of the Glico sign.
Ebisu Bridge was closed to traffic, so I moved along the Dotonbori River. There were no particular restrictions along the Dotonbori River, and a large number of people gathered there.
While the area on Ebisu Bridge was strictly regulated, many people gathered along the Dotonbori River, with some even jumping in.
Ebisubashi scene at the moment when the Hanshin Tigers became the best in Japan for the first time in 38 years & people jumping into the Dotonbori River - YouTube
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