On 8 April, the fourth-round match between Western League regular season and Fukuoka Softbank Hiroshima at Tamahome Stadium Chikugo was win 5-4 by Fukuoka Softbank.

Fukuoka Softbank starter Yugo Bando pitcher gave up runner in the top of the first and second innings, but didn't give up a run on a pitch hit-and-run. However, in the top of the third inning, Takashi Uemoto was hit by a pitch from third base with two outs and the game was set to square one. In the top of the fifth, with two outs and two outs, Yuto Watanabe hit an RBI single from third base to give up one run. He closer with no runs in the top of the sixth inning and exited mound on 78 pitches in the sixth inning hit 9 Walk 3 strike out 2 runs.

In the bottom of the second inning, Soichiro Ishizuka loaded the bases with Walk and scored on an RBI single by Tomoya Inoue from second base with no outs. Trailing by one run in the bottom of the sixth, Inoue singled to load the bases on a triple and scored on a grounder by Kota Makihara. In the bottom of the seventh, Yoshiyasu Sasakawa 's doble and Keita Yamamoto 's timely doble made the score 3-2.

From the top of the 7th inning, Miyazaki pitcher and Shunsuke Iwasaki pitcher each connected with 1 inning with no runs, but in the top of the 9th, Hikaru Kimura pitcher forgives doble, and runner survives during his own bad throw. With one out and the bases loaded, Seita Maekawa allowed the winning run to score on a sacrifice fly to put the game in the bottom of the ninth. With two outs and the bases loaded, Keita Yamamoto tied the game with an RBI triple and Richard followed with an RBI single to walk-off to end the game, 5-4. Yamamoto RBI 2 hit 2 and Inoue 2 hit 1 RBI. They scored a total of 9 hit 5 goals to win a close game.

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Hiroshi Hidaka - Kazuki Takita - Yuta Saito - Atsushi Endo
Yugo Yugo Bando, Hayato Miyazaki, Shunsuke Iwasaki, Hikaru Hikaru Kimura

Text by Haruka Sonoda

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