◇ Chiba Lotte Marines vs. Hokkaido Nippon-Ham 6th game (16th, Zozo Marine Stadium)

Chiba Lotte Marines Soto of the â™" team recorded his first RBI in 12 games.

In the bottom of the third inning, with two runs scoring and no outs bases loaded Ryusei Terachi Soto came to bat with one out bases loaded after getting one run back during a infield groundout by a player with two outs in the bottom of the third inning. Hokkaido Nippon-Ham The first run scored in the bottom of the third inning on a groundout by a player with no outs. Haruki Hosono pitcher The game between Soto and full count went on until , when Soto threw his seventh pitch, a high two seam fastball pitch, to the right. A hard line drive hit to first and second base, tying the game.

A nine-year veteran of Japan, he has been the captain of Chiba Lotte Marines this season. However, he has not RBI since April 1 and has struggled with a .222 batting average (as of pre-game) and was off starting line-up the day before. This
Can he improve his condition?

Soto's comment
"I think I hit two seam fastball, but it's OK, so how about ? sacrifice fly But I was hoping to get a hit on RBI somehow. As a result, I was able to get a hit, and I was able to raise my score to 1 RBI, so I'm happy. Somehow I'll do my best to get another game today."

Text by Haruichi Nakagawa