On April 17th, the first match between Tohoku Rakuten Eagles and Chiba Lotte Marines was held at Miyagi, the strongest park of Rakuten Eagles Mobile, and Tohoku Rakuten Eagles win 1-0.

Starter Masaru Fujii pitcher closer the first inning to a three-way retirement, and then calmed down to pitch and did not runs until the fifth inning. In the top of the 6th inning, he finished with 3 infield grounders, and left the mound with 92 pitches, 2 hit 1 Walk, 5 strike out, and no runs in the 6th inning. Chia-Hao Sung pitcher, who took the mound in the top of the 7th inning, caused a pinch with 1 out, 2nd and 3rd base, but Daichi Shibata pitcher, who followed him, hit the follow-up and engraved 0 on the score.

On the other hand, the batting line was far from home in front of the opponent's starter Atsuki Taneichi pitcher, and it ended up scoreless for 5 hit until the 7th inning. After the 8th inning, the relief teams of both teams pitched well, and the game went to the extra inning game. In the bottom of the 11th inning, Ryosuke Tatsumi players reached base with hit one out and advanced to third base with stolen base and bad throw. From 2nd out and 3rd base, Itsuki Murabayashi player hit a timely hit that broke Miyuma, and the game ended with walk-off.

Chiba Lotte Marines, who lost, Taneichi pitcher, who made his first appearance this season, pitched 7 innings, 91 pitches, 5 hit, 6 strike out, and no runs. The relief team also pitched well, but the batting line ended up scoreless for a total of 5 hit. Shingo Ishikawa player, who starting line-up immediately after joining the first team, has marked 2 hit.

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Atsuki Taneichi- Long -Shota Suzuki-Shuta Takano- ● Koshiro Sakamoto
Masaru Fujii-Chia-Hao Sung-Daichi Shibata-Masaya Nishigaki-Shoma Fujihira-Chiharu Tanaka- ○ Ren Kajiya

Written by Kai Nagi Niwa