{"id":657761,"date":"2026-04-02T00:40:34","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T00:40:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/657761\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T00:40:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T00:40:34","slug":"npb-todays-highlights-shinjos-fighters-start-the-season-with-three-straight-losses-and-are-already-on-the-brink-if-they-stop-the-losing-streak-at-three-their-chances-of-winning-the-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/657761\/","title":{"rendered":"[NPB Today&#8217;s Highlights] Shinjo&#8217;s Fighters start the season with three straight losses and are already on the brink! If they stop the losing streak at three, their chances of winning the championship remain. If they lose four straight&#8230; | Pacific League"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[NPB Highlights Today] Shinjo&#8217;s Fighters start the season with three straight losses and are already on the brink of elimination! If they stop the losing streak at three, their chances of winning the championship remain. If they lose four straight&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"_source\">Sports Hochi<\/p>\n<p>                    March 31, 2026 12:00<\/p>\n<p>            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260330-OHT1I51491-L.jpg\" width=\"1014\" height=\"1200\" alt=\"Director Tsuyoshi Shinjo\" data-wovn-src:-original-alt=\"\u65b0\u5e84\u525b\u5fd7\u76e3\u7763\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"p-detail_text\">\u2606 Nippon-Ham vs. Lotte (18:30, ES CON FIELD) Nippon-Ham: Hosono, Lotte: Kimura<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-detail_text\">Last season&#8217;s runner-up, Nippon-Ham, suffered three straight losses to start the season against last season&#8217;s champions, Softbank Hawks. On the 30th, they will face Lotte in an attempt to break their losing streak. If they lose and suffer a fourth straight loss to start the season, it will be the first time in four years, since 2022.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-detail_text\">Nippon-Ham &#8216;s first four or more losses<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-detail_text\">Year Wins\/Losses \u2192 Final standings<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-detail_text\">52 \u25cf\u25cf\u25cf\u25cf\u25cf\u3007 \u21926<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-detail_text\">54 \u25cf\u25cf\u25cf\u25cf\u25cf\u25cf\u3007\u21927<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-detail_text\">97 \u25cf\u25cf\u25cf\u25cf\u25cf\u25cf\u3007\u21924<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-detail_text\">22 \u25cf\u25cf\u25cf\u25cf\u25cf\u3007 \u21926<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-detail_text\">* Pacific League had 7 teams in 1952 and 8 teams in 1954.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-detail_text\">In the past, they have suffered four or more consecutive losses at the start of the season on four occasions (all of which were five or more consecutive losses). In all four of those instances, they were languishing at the bottom of the standings, which is an ominous statistic.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-detail_text\">On the other hand, just like this time, in 2009, they also suffered three consecutive losses to Rakuten Eagles at the start of the season. However, in the fourth game, Home Run by Tomohiro Nioka and other factors led to their first win, 9-1, ending their three-game losing streak. After that, they went on to win Pacific League championship. As they aim for their first league championship under the Shinjo regime, this will be a crucial game that they cannot afford to lose.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-detail_text\">(Other cards)<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-detail_text\">\u2606 Chunichi vs. The Giants (18:15, Vantelin Dome) Chunichi: Kanemaru, The Giants: Whitley<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-detail_text\">\u2606 Yakult vs. Hiroshima (18:00, Jingu Stadium) Yakult: Ogawa, Hiroshima: Morishita<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-detail_text\">\u2606 Hanshin Tigers vs. DeNA (18:00, Kyocera Dome Osaka<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-detail_text\">Hanshin Tigers = Saiki, DeNA = Duplantier<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-detail_text\">\u2606 Rakuten Eagles vs. Softbank Hawks (16:00, Rakuten Eagles Mobile) Rakuten Eagles = Kenta Maeda, Softbank Hawks = Ozeki<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-detail_text\">\u2606 Seibu Lions vs. Orix Buffaloes (18:00, Belluna Dome) Seibu Lions: Sumida, Orix Buffaloes: Takashima<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-detail_text\">\u203b Match card (start time, stadium) and starting pitcher order<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"[NPB Highlights Today] Shinjo&#8217;s Fighters start the season with three straight losses and are already on the brink&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":657762,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2302],"tags":[5,2353,2352],"class_list":{"0":"post-657761","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-npb","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-nippon-professional-baseball","10":"tag-npb"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116332334633288609","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/657761","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=657761"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/657761\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/657762"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=657761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=657761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=657761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}