On February 26th, the "GLOBAL FRIENDSHIP SERIES 2026" between Chiba Lotte Marines and the Czech Republic team was held at the March Stadium in Miyakoa, and Chiba Lotte Marines won 18-4.

Chiba Lotte Marines Starter Long pitcher got off to a good start closer the top of the first inning with a three-way retirement. However, in the top of the 2nd inning, 2 hit led to a pinch with no outs on 1st and 3rd base, and 1 runs between infield grounders. In the top of the 3rd inning, Chervenka's Home Run gave up 2 runs, and he left the mound in the 3rd inning with 5 hit no Hit by Pitch walks on 47 pitches and 2 strike out 3 runs. Castillo pitcher, who took the mound in the top of the fourth, gave up one run in the fourth hit.

Chiba Lotte Marines got on base with Raito Ikeda in the bottom of the first inning with two outs and a Hit by Pitch. When he scored a stolen base, Kodai Inoue took the lead with a timely hit. In the bottom of the second inning, Ryoki Okamura created a good opportunity with Walk and stolen base from one out, and succeeded in winning with a timely hit by Kenta Chatani. In addition, Ryo Sugiyama's timely hit and Ikeda's two-run timely hit made the score 5-1.

In the bottom of the 3rd inning, Okamura and Koshiro Wada added 4 runs with a timely hit and Yuya Sakurai's 2-run timely doble. In the bottom of the 4th inning, Okamura's sacrifice fly scored 1 run, and in the bottom of the 7th, Sakurai's 2-run timely hit and Ryusei Miyazaki 's Home Run scored 3 runs.

In the bottom of the 8th, Shinya Matsuishi added 5 runs with a timely infield hit and a push Walk Chiba Lotte Marines. After the 5th inning, Hayato Fuji pitcher and Akira Yagi pitcher each connected with two runs scores, and in the top of the ninth, Keisuke Sawada pitcher ended the game with a three-way retirement. The batting line is winning with a total of 19 hit and 18 runs, including Dora 4 rookie Sakurai marking 3 hit 5 RBI.

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Chi Novak-Satoria-Kobara-Becherka-Minajik
Ro Long - Castillo -Hayato Fuji-Akira Yagi-Keisuke Sawada

Written by Riyoko Niwa