On April 14th, in the farm team regular season between Chiba Lotte Marines and Oisix Niigata, the 7th game of the series, held at Lotte Urawa Baseball Stadium, Chiba Lotte Marines win 5-2.

In the first inning, Chiba Lotte Marines took the lead when hit Hiromi Oka hit a two-run homer Raito Ikeda his second of the season, with Oka Hiroshi on first base after a single. In the bottom of the fourth inning, Ikeda and rookie Yuya Sakurai hit consecutive doble to score another run. Kota Inoue then added another run with a timely doble. In the bottom of the eighth inning, Kaneda Yuta hit a timely single to score the fifth run.

On the pitching side, starting pitcher Yuki Karakawa pitched a no-hitter through three innings. He gave up a two-run homer in the top of the fifth inning, but pitched five innings, throwing 65 pitches, allowing four hit no walk strike out, and giving up two runs. Second pitcher Ryota Nakamura pitched well in relief, throwing 54 pitches over four innings, allowing one hit, one Walk strike out runs protecting the lead.

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O ● Shotaro Kasahara - Hayato Suzuki
Ro ○ Yuki Karakawa- S Ryota Nakamura

Text by Ayako Kikuchi

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