The round of 16 match between Eastern League regular season, Chiba Lotte Marines and The Giants in Lotte Urawa Baseball Stadium on August 31 was defeated by Chiba Lotte Marines 0-6.

Chiba Lotte Marines starting Ayumu Ishikawa In the first inning, pitcher managed to get out of a pinch with one out and first and third base without runs, and in the top of the second inning, three players were out. However, in the top of the third inning, with no outs and a runner on first base, Ishizuka Yusei's timely doble allowed the opener. In the top of the fifth inning, he was hit by Mitsuzuka Ryuo with an eighth and two runs, but he pitched the longest sixth inning of the season.

The batting line is in the first inning, Takashi Ogino Players, Hiromi Oka He created a good opportunity with runners on first and second base with no outs thanks to a series of hits, but the second runner fell to a righthander with Nii double play and scored no points. From the second inning onwards, it was difficult for them to score only one hit in the fifth inning before starting opponent Ryusei Yamada pitcher. The game went into the final stages with the score at 0-3.

In the top of the seventh inning, Chiba Lotte Marines was second. Fuki Tanaka pitcher gave up two runs due to their team's mistakes, and the top of the eighth inning went into third place. Takahiro Nishimura pitcher is hit by Masuda Riku's first solo. In the top of the ninth inning, the 4th Koshiro Sakamoto pitcher is closer without runs.

The batting line is in the bottom of the eighth with one out. Martin The players could not capitalize on hit's attack. In the bottom of the ninth inning with six runs behind, Koshiro Wada Players, Rui Katsumata He created a good opportunity with runners on first and second bases with no outs, but the game ended without scoring as the runners fell.

Chiba Lotte Marines lost to Ayumu Ishikawa pitcher in 6 innings with 87 balls, 7 hit 3 walks, 1 strike out 3 runs. The batting line failed to put runner in scoring position from the second inning until the eighth inning, and lost to shutout game.

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Giant ○Yamada Ryusei - Kikuchi Daiki - Imamura Nobutaka - Hirauchi Ryuta - Tanaka Chiharu
B Ayumu Ishikawa-Fuki Tanaka-Takahiro Nishimura-Koshiro Sakamoto

Written by Ao Yokoyama

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