On April 5, the third game between Chiba Lotte Marines and Fukuoka Softbank was played in Zozo Marine Stadium, with Fukuoka Softbank winning a close game 4-3.

Fukuoka Softbank started by C. Stewart Jr. pitcher. In the bottom of the first inning, Hit by Pitch and stolen base were stepped on home plate between infield hit and 2 outs, allowing the first run, but in the second and third innings, they were closer to three outs.

In the top of the 4th inning, the batting line created a good opportunity with 1 out and 2nd base with doble by player Hotaka Yamakawa, and player Kenta Imamiya hit a timely doble to tie the game. In addition, from 2nd and 3rd base, Kenta Tanigawara player also had a timely hit and succeeded in reversing.

C. Stewart Jr. pitcher allowed Ryusei Terachi players to sacrifice fly from second and third base with no outs in the bottom of the fourth to tie the game again. Still, in the top of the 5th inning, with no outs on 1st and 3rd base, Ryoya Kurihara player sacrifice fly to win the game, and Imamiya player hit a timely hit from 2nd and 3rd base with 2 outs and a 2-run lead.

In the bottom of the 8th inning, the 2nd runner Taiga Kamichatani pitcher was hit by a solo shot by Kyota Fujiwara and was closed to 1 run, but in the bottom of the 9th, Yuki Matsumoto pitcher overcame the pinch with 1 out, 1st and 3rd base without runs, and the game ended 4-3. C. Stewart Jr. pitcher won his second win with 6 innings of 95 pitches, 4 hit 2 walks, Hit by Pitch 5 strike out 2 runs. Yutaka Matsumoto pitcher made his first save of the season. In the batting lineup, Imamiya has hit 3 hit, including timely hits in two consecutive at-bats.

In the losing Chiba Lotte Marines, starter Kazuya Ojima pitcher was unable to create a game with 4.1 innings, 6 hit 2 walks, Hit by Pitch 4 runs. The batting line was one step short of scoring a total of 8 hit 3 runs, including Fujiwara's RBI in three consecutive games.

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So ○C. Stewart Jr. -Taiga Kamichatani- S. Yuki Matsumoto
● Kazuya Ojima-Koshiro Hiroike-Keisuke Sawada

Written by Shinei Tradition