On April 18th, the second game between Tohoku Rakuten Eagles and Chiba Lotte Marines was held at Rakuten Eagles Mobile's strongest park, Miyagi, and Tohoku Rakuten Eagles win 9-1.

Tohoku Rakuten Eagles started with Ureña pitcher. In the first inning, the leading Kyota Fujiwara player doble and the Misho Nishikawa player Walk to 1st and 2nd base, but the follow-up hit and ended with no runs. In the top of the 4th inning immediately after taking the lead, he was hit by a timely hit by a Ryusei Ogawa player and lost 1 run, but he did not collapse and stayed at least runs, and went down mound in the 6th inning 6 hit 3 Walk 4 strike out 1 runs.

On the other hand, the batting line scored four runs in the bottom of the third inning with two outs and bases loaded in a row with consecutive timely hits by players Itsuki Murabayashi and Hideto Asamura. In the bottom of the 5th inning, Murabayashi hit a timely hit in two consecutive at-bats from third base with one out, and Asamura scored an additional run with his first two runs of the season to left center. In the bottom of the seventh, Yukiya Ito player hit a two-run single to the left stand, making it 9-1.

From the 7th inning, Taisei Tsuruzaki pitcher took the mound and closer the 2nd inning perfectly, including taking 3 struck out. In the top of the ninth, Shota Watanabe pitcher, who made his first appearance of the season, went to mound. Although he was in a pinch with two outs and bases loaded with consecutive hits and Walk, he closed the game by hitting the follow-up with a outfield fly.

Tohoku Rakuten Eagles, which win, started Ureña pitcher for the first time in win Japan. Hikaru Ito player has recorded his first hit since transferring, and Asamura has recorded 3 hit in two consecutive games, including his first Home Run of the season. Chiba Lotte Marines lost the game with starter Haruya Tanaka pitcher going 8 hit 3 Walk 4 strike out 7 runs in 5 innings. The batting line also scored only one run in 8 hit.

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● Haruya Tanaka-Riku Kikuchi-Naoya Masuda
Raku ○Ureña-Tsurusaki Taisei-Shota Watanabe

Text by Mao Tsutsui