Daichi Suzuki hits a walk-off off hit! First-round draft pick rookie Satoshi Fujiwara shuts out the opponent for two innings.

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Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles player Daichi Suzuki © Pacific League TV
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles player Daichi Suzuki © Pacific League TV

On March 4th, the open match between Tohoku Rakuten Eagles and Chiba Lotte Marines held at Shizuoka Kusanagi Stadium was win by Tohoku Rakuten Eagles 4-3.

Tohoku Rakuten Eagles 's starter is the first rookie in the draft, Satoshi Fujiwara pitcher. In the top of the first inning, he allowed hit, but stabbed runner with a check and finished with three players. In the top of the second inning, he carried a runner with a infield hit, but calmly hit the follow-up and left the game with 34 pitches and 2 hit walks Hit by Pitch 3 strike out runs in the second inning. In the top of the 3rd inning, Taisei Tsuruzaki pitcher connected with a three-way retirement.

However, in the top of the 4th inning, 3rd runner Itsuki pitcher carried runner to third base with a Walk and a stolen base, and Soto allowed the first run with a timely hit. In the top of the 6th inning, Soto hit a timely hit, and in the 3rd inning, 54 pitches 4 hit 1 Walk 2 strike out 2 runs (earned runs 1).

The batting line was scoreless for 1 hit until the 5th inning, but in the bottom of the 6th, Daisuke Nakashima hit a hit and Boito and Hideto Asamura players tied the game with consecutive timely doble. After that, a timely doble was born to Tsuyoshi Ishihara player from 2nd and 3rd base, and the score was 3-2.

In the top of the 8th inning, Ru Kutani pitcher hit a timely hit by Kodai Inoue from 2nd and 3rd base with no outs on Walk and hit, and the game started at the beginning. In the top of the ninth, Daichi Shibata pitcher got through with a runs even though it was in a pinch. On the other hand, the batting line created a good opportunity in the bottom of the ninth inning with Yuya Ogo players with stolen base hit one out, and Daichi Suzuki player hit a timely doble over right fielder 's head to end the game. They won walk-off win 4-3.

On the Chiba Lotte Marines other hand, starter Jackson pitcher pitched 4 innings with 69 pitches hit 3 Walk 3 strike out runs. 3rd place Miyazaki pitcher hit 4 hit 3 runs (earned runs 2 in the first inning), and Koshiro Sakamoto pitcher hit a bitter blow in the bottom of the ninth. The batting line scored 3 runs in 9 hit, with Kyota Fujiwara, Soto, and Ryusei Terachi hitting 2 hit.

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RO Jackson-Keisuke Sawada-Miyazaki Sasai-Shota Suzuki-Daisho -● Koshiro Sakamoto
Raku Satohiro Fujiwara - Taisei Tsuruzaki - Tatsuru Ito -Uchi Seiryu-Ru Kutani -Masahiro Ehara-○ Daichi Shibata

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Daichi Suzuki hits a walk-off off hit! First-round draft pick rookie Satoshi Fujiwara shuts out the opponent for two innings.