Tohoku Rakuten vs. Orix, Game 25 (5th, Rakuten Mobile Park Miyagi)

Tohoku Rakuten Kosei Shoji pitcher pitched well, allowing only 6 hit 1 runs in 9 innings.

pitcher took to mound for the final time this season, aiming for his fifth win, which would tie his career record. In the top of the second inning, he was in a pinch after allowing infield hit and Walk. Yuma Tongu He was hit by a player's first hit, but his teammates tied the game immediately after, and pitch calmly from the third inning onwards. He closer all three batters in the seventh and eighth innings.

He had thrown 105 pitches by the time he had finished the eighth inning, the longest of the season, and when he took to mound in the top of the ninth inning, he threw 105 pitches with one out. Masahiro Nishino He allowed hit to a player but held closer the next batter before leaving the game. Although he was unable to win without the support of his teammates, he pitched a powerful 9 innings, allowing 6 hit, 2 Walk 4 strike out runs marking the final game of the season.

Written by Kai Nagi Niwa

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