On April 15, the fifth game between Chiba Lotte Marines and Hokkaido Nippon-Ham held in Zozo Marine Stadium ended 9-7 with Chiba Lotte Marines win. They ended their losing streak with 3 games.

In the first inning, Chiba Lotte Marines took the lead with Kyota Fujiwara hit, and bad throw interfered with Misho Nishikawa 's hit to take the lead. With one out and a runner on third, Daito Yamamoto pitched the second run on a sacrifice fly. Starting pitcher Kaito Mori pitcher gave up Taiki Narama 's second two-run homer in the top of the third inning. After that, with three Walk and one out, bases loaded, Shun Mizutani player sacrifice fly and Yushin Shimizu hit a two-run hit to give the inning five runs.

Still, in the bottom of the third, the lineup tied the game with a barrage of hits by Ryusei Ogawa and Fujiwara with runners on first and second with no outs, and then Misho Nishikawa hit a three-run homer for the first to tie the game. In the bottom of the fourth, consecutive RBI hits by Fujiwara and Nishikawa gave the team a three-run lead. Akira Yagi pitcher came in from the 4th inning and hit a solo homer to Chusei Mannami 's 6th in the top of the 5th inning to runs the first inning. In the top of the sixth, Shuta Takano pitcher retired all three batters in order, closer the game went to 8-6 and the game entered its final innings.

In the top of the 7th, pitcher Takano gave up his third solo home run to Reyes, cutting the lead to just one run. From the middle of the 7th inning, Rikuto Yokoyama pitcher came in and connected 1.1 innings with no runs. In the bottom of the eighth, he hit three consecutive hits to bases loaded, and Nishikawa's push-out Hit by Pitch led to his ninth run. In the top of the ninth, Shota Suzuki pitcher closed out the game with three batters, ending the game 9-7.

In the Chiba Lotte Marines lineup with 13 hit 9 runs, Fujiwara delivered impressive performances, with 3 hit 2 RBI and Nishikawa 4 hit 5 RBI, respectively. pitcher Yagi, in his fifth year as a pro, marked his first professional win.

The defeated Hokkaido Nippon-Ham started Takayuki Kato pitcher with 3.2 innings, 57 pitches, 7 hit, 1 Walk, 8 runs (earned runs 6). The lineup hit 3 Home Run and scored a total of 6 hit 7 runs, but the comeback was not enough.

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Japan ● Takayuki Kato-Koji Fukutani-Hiroya Shimamoto-Taisho Tamai-Kenta Uehara
Ro Kaito Mori ○ Akira Yagi-Shuta Takano-Rikuto Yokoyama-S Shota Suzuki