◆ Pacific League Lotte 0-8 Seibu (25th, ZOZO)
Seibu The LOTTE team has won two games in a row. After 45 games, the last time Matsui was announced to take a leave of absence, the team is 0.5 games behind the leader.
With neither team scoring in the fourth inning, with two outs and runners on second and third, Tonozaki hit a single to center field to take the lead. With two outs and bases loaded loaded in the seventh inning, Genda hit a three-run doble over left fielder sweep and pull away from the lead. They continued to score in the eighth and ninth innings.
Chihiro Sumida started the game with seven hit and no runs in six innings for his league-leading sixth win. In the first inning, he showed a three-way mediocre start, but after that, he struggled to concede inning runner every game. With one out in the fifth, he was pinch-hit for third base with one out, but he got out of the jam with struck out Ikeda on a wild pitch, runner at third base and Fujiwara on home rundown to end the inning with no runs.
On May 26th one year ago, the team was in last place after 15 wins and 30 losses in 45 games, and it was announced that manager Kazuo Matsui would be taking a break. A year later, the team was not able to rise to the top of the league, but they are closing in on first place with a 5-point lead.
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