{"id":658251,"date":"2026-04-02T06:46:45","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T06:46:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/658251\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T06:46:45","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T06:46:45","slug":"npb-todays-highlights-in-the-game-against-lotte-at-escon-the-invincible-nippon-ham-kato-takashi-will-make-his-first-appearance-of-the-season-will-they-be-able-to-win-their-first-series-of-the-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/658251\/","title":{"rendered":"[NPB Today’s Highlights] In the game against Lotte at Escon, the “invincible” Nippon-Ham Kato Takashi will make his first appearance of the season. Will they be able to win their first series of the season? | Pacific League"},"content":{"rendered":"

[NPB Highlights Today] In Escon’s game against Lotte, the “invincible” Nippon-Ham Kato Takashi will make his first appearance of the season. Will they be able to win their first series of the season?<\/p>\n

Sports Hochi<\/p>\n

April 2, 2026 12:00<\/p>\n

\"Takashi<\/p>\n

\u2606 Nippon-Ham vs. Lotte (18:00, ES CON FIELD) Nippon-Ham: Takashi Kato, Lotte: Nishino<\/p>\n

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Nippon-Ham starting pitcher for the third game, which will determine the series winner, Takashi Kato has the most wins against Lotte with 21 victories. He has shown exceptional strength against Lotte at home, with seven consecutive wins. Furthermore, at ES CON FIELD, the venue for the game on the 2nd, he boasts an undefeated record of 6 wins in 6 games since his first shutout game victory against them at the stadium on May 13, 2023.<\/p>\n

\u25c7Takashi Kato (Nippon-Ham) at ES CON FIELD against Lotte<\/p>\n

Year\/Month\/Day Wins\/Losses Innings Pitched Hits hit runs<\/p>\n

23.5.13 \u25cb 9 innings, 4 hit, 0 runs<\/p>\n

8.15 \u25cb 5 2\/3 innings pitched, 6 hit, 3 runs<\/p>\n

April 21, 2024 \u25cb 9 innings, 9 hit, 0 runs<\/p>\n

5.11 \u25cb 7 innings, 3 hit, 0 runs<\/p>\n

8.15 \u25cb 8 innings, 8 hit, 1 runs<\/p>\n

April 26, 2025 \u25cb 7 innings, 5 hit, 1 runs<\/p>\n

He has two shutout game under his belt, and he has an excellent track record at Escon. He wants to shut down the Lotte lineup as he has done before and bring his team their first winning record of the season.<\/p>\n

(Other cards)<\/p>\n

\u2606 Chunichi vs. The Giants (18:00, Vantelin Dome) Chunichi = Ohno, The Giants = Norimoto<\/p>\n

\u2606 Yakult vs. Hiroshima (18:00, Jingu Stadium) Yakult = Okugawa, Hiroshima = Okamoto<\/p>\n

\u2606 Hanshin Tigers vs. DeNA (18:00, Kyocera Dome Osaka) Hanshin Tigers = Ihara, DeNA = Takeda<\/p>\n

\u2606 Rakuten Eagles vs. Softbank Hawks (13:00, Rakuten Eagles Mobile) Rakuten Eagles = Urena, Softbank Hawks = Otsu<\/p>\n

\u2606 Seibu Lions vs. Orix Buffaloes (13:00, Belluna Dome) Seibu Lions = Sugai, Orix Buffaloes = Miyagi<\/p>\n

\u203b Match card (start time, stadium) and starting pitcher order<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"[NPB Highlights Today] In Escon’s game against Lotte, the “invincible” Nippon-Ham Kato Takashi will make his first appearance…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":658252,"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-658251","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\/116333772819184287","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/658251","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=658251"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/658251\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/658252"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=658251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=658251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=658251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}