On August 29th, the 23rd round between Western League regular season and Fukuoka Softbank and Hiroshima was held at Tama Home Stadium Chikugo, and Fukuoka Softbank lost 2-3.

Starter Yugo Bando pitcher finished the first inning with three players due to Yutaro Fujita player's stolen base block. After that, he calmed pitch down and pitched 2 hit until the 6th inning. In the top of the 7th inning, he was in a pinch with 2 outs on 1st and 2nd base, but he closer the follow-up and left the mound with 4 hit 3 Walk and no runs on 100 pitches in the 7th inning.

In the bottom of the third inning, when Itua Ikhine players got on base with one out and hit, they went to third base with a stolen base and an advanced base. Here, Tomoya Inoue player hit a timely hit and scored one run. In the bottom of the 7th inning, a timely hit by pinch hitter Koki Nakazawa was created in a chance created by consecutive hits, making it 2-0.

In the top of the 8th inning, Shunsuke Iwai pitcher connected, but in the top of the 9th inning, the 3rd runner Yusuke Ito pitcher caused a pinch of bases loaded with consecutive Walk and hit, and was hit at the right time and left the game. Toya Kawaguchi pitcher, who took the mound as a substitute, scored a follow-up run and tied the score.

In the bottom of the ninth, they couldn't score, and the game went to extra inning. In the top of the 10th inning, starting with no outs on first and second base, Miyazaki pitcher gave Hit by Pitch to the lead, and from one out bases loaded, a teammate's error led to a one-run lead. The attack in the bottom of the 10th inning failed to score with sacrifice bunt failures and double play, and the game ended 2-3. Inoue and Yoshiyasu Sasakawa, who hit the first hit, marked 2 hit. In addition, Yuki Yanagita player, who had been out due to a breakdown in April, returned to the actual game. He played starting line-up as "No. 1 DH" and stood in 3 at-bats.

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Wide Tamamura Shogo - Kono Kei - Dominguez - ○ Omichi Atsutaka
Yugo Bando, Shunsuke Iwai Yusuke Ito, Toya Kawaguchi, Hayate Miyazaki

Written by Kai Nagi Niwa

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