The SMBC Japan Series 2022, which decides Japan’s best professional baseball, will start on the 22nd at Jingu Stadium in Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, where Yakult, who won the Central League for the second time in a row, won the Pacific League for the second year in a row with a score of 5-3. won first. With the same face-to-face as last year, Yakult aims to win the 7th Japan Series for the first time in 2 years in a row, and Orix aims to win the Japan Series for the 5th time in 26 years, including the Hankyu era.
Yakult won the third inning, and infielder Munetaka Murakami hit a solo home run in the eighth inning, 4-3. Orix’s ace pitcher, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, gave up 4 points.
Last year, the number of spectators was limited due to the influence of the new coronavirus, but this year there will be no limit on the number of visitors.