Chiba Lotte Marines 2021 season end

This season’s Chiba Lotte Marines fought for victory until the final stage of the season.
In the 141st game out of 143 games, the 2nd place in the Pacific League was confirmed, and the 1st to 3rd places advanced to the playoff climax series where they fight in a tournament format.

In the first stage of the climax series, we played against Rakuten Golden Eagles, which was 3rd in the season, and won 1 win and 1 draw to advance to the final stage.
In the final stage, he fought against Orix Buffaloes in 1st place, and although it was a close margin in all games, he was 2 losses and 1 draw. As a result, I missed the Japan Series advance to fight the Central League champions.

Under the slogan of “grab this one point,” Marines teamed up to win the Pacific League, which did not come true last season.
Due to the fact that foreign players Adeiny Hechavaria and Brandon Laird could not participate in time for the opening, the opening started from 5 consecutive losses.
Even so, with the growth of young pitchers such as Roki Sasaki and Kazuya Ojima, he took the lead in September and fought for victory with Orix Buffaloes until the final stage of the season.
The skill of director Tadahito Iguchi, who has achieved stable results in advancing to the final stage of the climax series for two consecutive seasons, is also highly evaluated.