On 4 July, the 12th round match between Hokkaido Nippon-Ham and Tohoku Rakuten was played in ES CON FIELD, where Hokkaido Nippon-Ham win 7-1.

Hokkaido Nippon-Ham took the lead in the first inning with a leadoff hitter Home Run on No. 6 by Shun Mizutani. Starter Hiromi Ito pitcher tied the game in the top of the second inning with back-to-back doble, but the Yankees scored one run in the bottom of the third on Mizutani's RBI doble. They added four more runs on RBI singles by Martinez, Yuki Nomura and Tatsuki Mizuno.

pitcher Ito exited the game after five innings of 90 pitches hit 6 Walk 2 strike out 1 runs. Ryusei Kawano pitcher in the top of the sixth and Taisho Tamai pitcher in the top of the seventh tied the game before adding one more run in the bottom of the seventh on Mizutani's No. 7 solo shot. From then on, Takumi Yamamoto pitcher and Yukiya Saito pitcher each lost 1 inning to closer runs and the game ended 7-1.

pitcher Ito scored his league-leading ninth win of the season. They scored seven runs in a two-Home Run inning to snap a three-game losing streak. With the loss, Tohoku Rakuten suffered their seventh loss when Takahisa Hayakawa pitcher allowed 6 hit 1 Hit by Pitch 6 runs on 59 pitches in three innings. He didn't get a hit after the sixth inning, going hit hitless.

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Raku ● Takahisa Hayakawa-Uchi Seiryu-Masaya Nishigaki- Tsurusaki Taisei Ryuta Konno
Day ○ Hiromi Ito-Ryusei Kawano-Taisho Tamai-Takumi Yamamoto-Yukiya Saito

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