On October 13th, the "23rd Miyazaki Phoenix League" match between Chunichi and Hokkaido Nippon-Ham was held at Nango Stadium, and Hokkaido Nippon-Ham lost 3 to 5.

In the first inning, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham created an opportunity with a doble by Daigo Kamikawahata, and a Hit by Pitch for Yuma Imagawa, and then took the lead with a 3-run home run to left field by Kazuki Miyazaki with two outs.

Starting pitcher Kotaro Yamashiro faced a bases loaded crisis with no outs due to walks and a Hit by Pitch in the bottom of the 3rd inning, and the game was tied all at once by Asahi Hanada's sweep timely doble. Furthermore, with two outs and a runner on third, the opponent took a 3 to 4 lead during a short stop error.

Meanwhile, as the lineup was unable to score from the 2nd inning onwards, the third pitcher Towa Yokoyama, who was in his second inning of work, allowed an additional run in the bottom of the 7th. The team has now suffered 5 consecutive losses in the Phoenix League.

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

F Kotaro Yamashiro-Suguru Fukuda-Towa Yokoyama-Takumi Yamamoto
D Masaki Nakanishi-Mao Itoh-Kunitada Shinozaki

Text by Ayako Kikuchi

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