On June 29, the 12th round match between Eastern League regular season and Chiba Lotte vs. The Giants was played at Kashiwanoha Park ball park (Kashiwa City), where Chiba Lotte won 8-0 and win the match.

Chiba Lotte created opportunities in the first inning with hit and Walk, and scored three runs on two RBI singles by Yu Tatematsu and RBI singles by doble and Ryusei Miyazaki. They added three more runs in the bottom of the fourth on timely doble by Aceve and Shingo Ishikawa.

Starter Yuto Yoshikawa pitcher closer the first inning with three runners in scoring position, and had runner in scoring position in the top of the second inning, but was runs. After that, he put on a flawless pitch that didn't allow a single runner, exiting the mound with 1 hit 1 Walk 12 strike out runs on 87 pitches in six innings.

After Riku Kikuchi pitcher closer the top of the seventh with no runs, with one out in the bottom of the seventh, bases loaded Tomoya Kakinuma hit an RBI single by and Kazuki Fujita He added two more goals on the player's sacrifice fly. Kikuchi pitcher continued to pitch after the eighth inning, allowing hit but not trailing to end the game with an 8-0 lead.

Starter pitcher Yoshikawa pitched well to earn his fourth win of the second match. Kikuchi pitcher also pitched three innings of runs relief to closer the scoreless. Ishikawa had a 3 hit 2 RBI and Miyazaki had a 3 hit 1 RBI.

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Giant ●Morita Shunya - Miyahara Shunsuke - Tanaka Chiharu - Tomita Ryu
○ Yuto Yoshikawa-Riku Kikuchi

Text by Tatsumi Ota

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