On March 8, the open match between Hokkaido Nippon-Ham and Chiba Lotte Marines in ES CON FIELD was win by Hokkaido Nippon-Ham 5-4.

Starter Kohei Arihara pitcher scored bases loaded in the top of the second inning with two Hit by Pitch and hit, and took the lead with a runs in sacrifice fly. On the other hand, the batting line created a good opportunity in the bottom of the second inning with no outs and consecutive hits to 1st and 3rd base. The score was tied with a squeeze by the Tatsuki Mizuno player, and with one out and bases loaded, a timely hit by the Yushin Shimizu player was born and succeeded in winning the game. In addition, Ryota Isobata player from 1st and 3rd base made it 3-1 with squeeze again.

However, in the top of the third, pitcher Arihara again scored Walk and hit with no outs on first and third base, and Hiromi Oka player made it 1 runs with a timely infield hit. After that, he caused a pinch with one out and bases loaded, and left the mound after finishing the next hitter with a struck out. In this scene, Daiki Kikuchi pitcher went up to mound and took a swing struck out to get through.

In the bottom of the 3rd inning, with 1 out and 2nd base, Mizu fielder’s choice hit a timely hit following the first at-bat, widening the gap again to make it 4-2. 3rd place Takumi Yamamoto pitcher did not runs in the top of the 4th inning, but in the top of the 5th inning, Eito Takabe hit a timely hit and scored 1 runs. Kyosuke Kuroyanagi pitcher, who took the mound from the sixth inning, also gave up one run in the top of the seventh inning in the second inning squeeze.

In the top of the 8th inning, Kenta Uehara pitcher, and in the top of the 9th, Seigi Tanaka pitcher each retired with a three-way strikeout, and in the bottom of the ninth, the leading hitter was starting line-up and the only hit Shun Mizutani player. The ball that perfectly caught the second pitch from the first ball became Home Run to center fielder and carried win to the team.

Hokkaido Nippon-Ham, who won consecutively, starter pitcher Arihara went 2.2 innings, 59 pitches, 4 hit 1 strike out 5 Walk 2 runs. In terms of hitting, Yuki Nomura and Igarata recorded 2 hit, and Mizu fielder’s choice recorded 3 hit 2 RBI, including squeeze.

In the losing Chiba Lotte Marines, starter Yuji Nishino pitcher did not perform well with 71 pitches in 4 innings, 9 hit 1 Walk 4 runs. The batting line scored 4 runs, but was one step away from taking the lead. Polanco and Takabe scored 2 hit.

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○ Yuji Nishino-Keisuke Sawada-Naoya Masuda- Taisei -Shuta Takano- ● Koshiro Hiroike
Sun ● Kohei Arihara- Daiki Kikuchi -Takumi Yamamoto-Kyosuke Kuroyanagi-Kenta Uehara-Seigi Tanaka

Text by Tsutsui Mao