On 17 April, Eastern League regular season and Chiba Lotte vs. Tohoku Rakuten 6th round match in Lotte Urawa Baseball Stadium ended in a 3-2 Chiba Lotte win.

Chiba Lotte In the first inning, No. 1 Misho Nishikawa reached base with a hit, and No. 3 Raito Ikeda Walk and No. 4 Koki Yamaguchi hit increased the chance. With one out and bases loaded in the fifth, No. Ryusei Miyazaki scored on an RBI single to score two runners and take the lead.

Starter Ryota Nakamura pitcher pinch-hit for the first time on the day in the top of the fourth inning with one out and the bases loaded. However, after striking out Takero Okajima, he took the next Kazuki Tanaka and took the struck out of a strike. In the top of the sixth, the leadoff Soshi Yoshino hit a doble batter, but he refused to follow. He pitched six sporadic innings, allowing 2 hit to closer and 6 strike out no walk runs.

In the bottom of the seventh inning with a two-run lead, Acevedo's No. 4 solo shot added a run. reliever The team also held the lead heading into the final inning. However, in the bottom of the ninth, Rikima Ichijo pitcher loaded the bases with no outs due to bases loaded hit and an error, giving Okajima a Walk. In a pinch, Koshiro Sakamoto pitcher moved up to mound and Sotaro Nagata 's sacrifice fly made it 3-2. They trailed by one goal, but in the end, Haruka Yamada struck out a player and Chiba Lotte narrowly escaped. The offense recorded double-digit hit. Nishikawa played 3 hit and Miyazaki played 2 hit 2 RBI rookies.

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Easy ● Haruto Sakai-Satoshi Miyamori-Yuki Hayashi-Hayato Yuge
B ○ Ryota Nakamura-Toshiya Nakamura-Takahiro Nishimura-Rikima Ichijo-S Koshiro Sakamoto

Text by Ayako Kikuchi

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