On April 25, in the first round of the farm regular season between Chiba Lotte Marines and Hayate Shizuoka held in Lotte Urawa Baseball Stadium, Chiba Lotte Marines lose 1-7. They suffered six consecutive losses.

Chiba Lotte Marines 's starter, Yuji Nishino pitcher, took runner in the first inning after two outs due to a teammate's error, but swung struck out the following innings. In the top of the second inning, with Walk and hit, he faced a crisis with runners on first and second and two outs, but he retired the following batters and retired mound with a 1 hit runs in the second inning.

The second pitcher, Shuta Ishikawa pitcher, retired all closer three batters in the 3rd and 4th innings respectively, continuing runs pitch the , but in the top of the 7th, hit and teammate errors led to a crisis with runners on second and third, and two RBI hits made it 3-runs. In the top of the eighth, the third pitcher Yuto Yoshikawa pitcher gave up two runs on a timely hit.

The lineup had gone 5 hit scoreless through seven innings, unable to keep up with the opponent's pitcher lineup. In the bottom of the eighth, with two outs and a runner on second, Hiromi Oka scored a run on a timely hit, but in the top of the ninth, the fourth pitcher Riku Kikuchi pitcher gave up a two-run single, making the score 1-7. The bottom of the ninth ended with hitter three batters, and the game ended. Notably, Oka, who recorded the only RBI, has two hit.

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H ○ Masanosuke Takatori - Sota Iketani - Ken Hamamoto - Yuki Sato
Yuji Nishino-Shuta Ishikawa-Yuto Yoshikawa-Riku Kikuchi

Written by Yokazu Sonoda

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