On May 25, in the ninth round of the Eastern League regular season Rakuten Tohoku vs. Chiba Lotte Marines held in Shinrindori Stadium Izumi, Tohoku Rakuten win 4-2.

In the bottom of the second inning, Tohoku Rakuten 's batting line created a good opportunity for first and third base with doble of Yukiya Ito players and hit of Takero Okajima players from one out, and then Daiki Irie player succeeded in taking the lead with a timely hit to the right. After that, from 2 outs, 1st and 3rd base, Kei Mizukami added one more run with a timely hit to the left of the player. In the bottom of the 4th inning, Irie and Po Hsiang Yang scored the third run with consecutive hits from 2 outs.

Starter Seiya Ouchi pitcher got off to a good start, closer to a three-way retirement in both the first and second innings. In the top of the 3rd inning, with 1 out on 2nd and 3rd base, Aito hit a sacrifice fly, but did not allow runner after the 4th inning. He went down mound with 5 innings, 64 pitches, 2 hit, 2 walks Hit by Pitch 5 strike out 1 runs.

In the top of the sixth, Ryuji Komago pitcher gave up one run on four consecutive hits, but they got through the follow-up with closer as little as runs. In the top of the 7th inning, Masahiro Ehara pitcher, and in the top of the 8th inning, Satoshi Miyamori pitcher connected with no runs, and Ito added one run with a timely doble from first base with two outs. In the top of the ninth inning with a two-run lead, Katsutoshi Tai pitcher carried runner in scoring position, but in the end, the game ended with a infield grounder to Seiichiro Oshita player.

For Tohoku Rakuten, which win, Ito and Irie played 2 hit 1 RBI respectively. In terms of throwing, starter pitcher Ouchi pitched well with 1 runs in 5 innings. On the other hand, the losing Chiba Lotte Marines scored a total of 10 hit, including 3 hit by Oshita, but they could not take advantage of the good opportunities in the final stages and scored only 2 goals.

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B. Tokito Kawamura-Oto Hayasaka- Guerrero -Fuki Tanaka
Raku ○ Seiya Ouchi-Ryuji Komago-Masahiro Ehara-Satoshi Miyamori- S Katsutoshi Tai

Text by Tatsumi Ota

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