◆Nippon Life Insurance Central vs. Pacific League Interleague Series: Lotte 6-1 Hiroshima (10th, Zozo Marine)
Lotte's starter, Brian Sammons pitcher, pitched well with a 1 hit 1 runs through the eighth inning. The offense also scored six runs in 12 hit, its first double-digit outing in 10 games, and snapped a three-game losing streak.
Sammons was hit runs until the seventh inning. Although he missed out on a great feat after allowing doble to the leadoff hitter in the eighth, he threw 112 pitches, the most since coming to Japan, and allowed only one hit and one runs until the middle of the eighth inning. This was his second win since the game Rakuten on May 15th (Tokyo Dome).
The batting line, suffering from a lack of scoring power, also worked hard to support the left arm, who pitched well. double play collapsed for the first run in the 2nd inning, and in the 5th inning, using hit of Toshiya Sato catcher, who had batted 9 for 1 until the previous card, as a springboard, Eito Takabe outfielder scored the second run with sacrifice fly of his own. In the sixth inning, they added four runs on five long and short hits, including a Naonori Yasuda infielder timely hit.
After the game, manager Masahito Yoshii commented on Sammons, "His pitching speed dropped a little from the second inning, but he was able to throw off hitter' timing. Watching from the sidelines (on the bench), I didn't know what pitch he was throwing. I think it was hard for the batters to hit him." He also commented on the batting line, "The first (first run) was a double play that fell apart, but even with something like that, it's big to get one point. I think it worked well."
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