On March 30, the third round of the Fukuoka Softbank and Chiba Lotte matches took place in MIZUHO PayPay Dome, with Chiba Lotte losing 7-4 to win. He won three straight games on the opening card in enemy territory.

Chiba Lotte starter Atsuki Taneichi pitcher got off to a perfect start in the first inning, retiring three batters, including two in struck out a row. However, in the bottom of the second inning, a teammate's error allowed Tomoya Masaki to take the lead with a two-run single from first base with no outs, and in the bottom of the third, another teammate's error was involved, and Masaki sacrifice fly with one bases loaded out and bases loaded with two outs and Taisei Makihara hit an RBI single to give up four runs by the first three innings.

​Soto hit a solo shot in the top of the fifth, and in the top of the seventh, Misho Nishikawa and Soto tied hit the game with back-to-back RBI doble from third base on back-to-back RBI singles by Polanco and Hiromi Oka. In the bottom of the seventh, the closer with three outs, including a Yuto Kimura pitcher who was on second and struck out the leadoff runs Hotaka Yamakawa.

In the top of the eighth inning, substitute hitter Katsuya Kakunaka hit a hit and a wild pitch by pitcher put runners on second and third with two outs. Here, the opposing pitcher 's pitch was caught in catcher 's armor, and the ball was dead and the third base runner survived. We succeeded in winning the game. In the top of the ninth, Walk and Oka's hit loaded the bases with one bases loaded out, and Koshiro Wada 's sacrifice fly and Eito Takabe's RBI singles made the score 7-4. The game ended with Shota Suzuki pitcher tied the game runs in the bottom of the ninth.

The Chiba Lotte he win was pitcher Taneichi in six innings on 103 pitches, 8 hit 2 Walk 5 strike out 4 runs (earned runs 1). Second-year player pitcher Kimura earned his first win in his first professional start. In the batting lineup, Soto went 2 hit 1 RBI and Oka went 2 hit 2 RBI while coming off the bench.

On the other hand, Fukuoka Softbank starter Naoyuki Uwasawa pitcher took the loss after 6.2 innings of 76 pitches hit 1 Walk 3 strike out 3 runs. In the batting lineup, Masaki had 2 hit 3 RBI, Ukyo Shuto and Yuki Yanagita each had 2 hit.

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Atsuki Taneichi- Masato Yuto Kimura- Guerrero -Shota Suzuki
Naoyuki Naoyuki Uwasawa- Hernandez -Kazuki Sugiyama-Shuto Ogata-Haru Matsumoto

Text by Aoi Yokoyama

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