On October 8, at Ivy Stadium, the 23rd Miyazaki Phoenix League Fukuoka Softbank faced Shikoku Island League Plus Select, with Fukuoka Softbank win 5-3.

The starting pitcher was Jun Maeda pitcher. Although they allowed hit with one out in the first inning, they went on a hit-Hit by Pitch with no walks and no walks from then on, pitching 71 pitches over 6 innings, throwing 1 hit 3 strike out runs no pitches. The offense took advantage of a bases loaded with no outs in the bottom of the 4th, and with timely hits by Yuto Akihiro and Riku Watanabe, they took a 4-run lead.

The second pitcher, Yuta Aihara pitcher, who came in in the top of the 7th, gave up three extra-base hits and went 3-runs, but added a run in the bottom of the 7th inning due to an error by the opponent. From the 8th inning onward, the 2nd inning was closed out with no Shunsuke Iwai pitcher runs. At the plate, Itua Ikhine player marked 2 hit.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Total
Sh 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3
So 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 X 5

Sh Shinzaburo Nakanishi-Yuta Takahashi-Shion Ikeda-Tsubasa Gonda-Akinori Yasuda
So Jun Maeda-Yuta Aihara-Shunsuke Iwai

Text by Minagi Niwa

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