
On October 5, in the 25th game between Tohoku Rakuten Eagles and Fukuoka Softbank held at Rakuten Eagles Mobile Saikyo Park Miyagi, Tohoku Rakuten Eagles win 3-1. They won the final game of the regular season.
Tohoku Rakuten Eagles took the lead in the first inning with one out bases loaded after Rui Muneyama triple and fourth Hit by Pitch, and scored the first with a bases-loaded Walk. In the bottom of the second inning, with one out and bases loaded, player Muneyama hit a sacrifice fly to add another run. Then, in the bottom of the fifth, Ryosuke Tatsumi added a timely doble to score the third run.
Starting pitcher Kenta Maeda pitcher started in trouble, but was helped by good throws from right fielder and Daisuke Nakashima, and closer 4 hit runs through the 4th inning. In the top of the 5th, with one out and a runner on third, he allowed a run between grounders to second but retired all three batters in order in the top of the 6th, leaving the mound with 6 hit 1 Walk 10 strike out 1 runs in the 6th inning.
From the seventh inning onward, Naoto Nishiguchi pitcher, Ryu Kutani pitcher, and Shoma Fujihira pitcher connected without runs, ending the game 3-1. The win Tohoku Rakuten Eagles saw Ken Maeda pitcher earn his 6th win and pitcher Fujihira his 30th save. Tatsumi recorded a 2-hit RBI 1, and seventh-round pick rookie Shoya Sakagami recorded his first professional hit.
Meanwhile, Fukuoka Softbank 's starter, Taiga Kamichatani pitcher, struggled with control Hit by Pitch 4 and was pulled after 2 runs in 3 innings. The lineup recorded a total of 7 hit, but managed only 1 run due to a grounder between infield bases.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Total
H 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
E 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 X 3
H ●Taiga Kamichatani-Hsu Jo-Hsi-Rutledge-Yusuke Ito-Yuki Tsumori
E ○Kenta Maeda-Naoto Nishiguchi-Ryu Kutani-S Shoma Fujihira