On October 12, at March Stadium in Miyakonojo Sports Park Koala, the 23rd Miyazaki Phoenix League was Chiba Lotte Marines to Chunichi, and Chiba Lotte Marines lost 1-4.

Chiba Lotte Marines took the lead in the bottom of the fourth with a solo Home Run by leadoff player Yuya Sakurai, but immediately after, in the top of the fifth, starter Ryotaro Mori pitcher gave up a game-tying RBI single. pitcher Mori also threw three runs in the top of the sixth inning with wild pitches and timely hits. In his home city of Miyakonojo, he pitched 5.2 innings, pitching 8 hit 1 Walk 8 strike out 4 runs.

The second pitcher, Kosuke Nagashima pitcher, closer 3.1 innings with no hit 4 Walk 4 strike out runs, but the lineup finished scoreless for 2 hit after the fifth inning, ending the game 1-4. Sakurai, who hit the opening run, marked 2 hit.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Total
D 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 4
M 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1

D Rainosuke Sakurai-Keito Arima-Akio Moriyama-Kenya Inoue
M Ryotaro Mori-Kosuke Nagashima