On April 29, in the fifth round between Chiba Lotte Marines and Tohoku Rakuten Eagles held in Zozo Marine Stadium, Chiba Lotte Marines won 5-3, marking their first three-game winning streak of the season.

Chiba Lotte Marines started the first inning with Kyota Fujiwara hit and created a good opportunity with one out and a runner on third. Ryusei Terachi Scoring first with a player's sacrifice fly. In the bottom of the fourth, chasing one run, Polanco's second solo homer tied the game. Kota Inoue The player also hit his first solo homer, successfully taking the lead. In the bottom of the fifth, two more runs were added with a bases-loaded Walk and a sacrifice fly by Inoue.

The starter Yuji Nishino pitcher closer two inning runs with a calm pitch, including a pickout in the first inning. He gave up two runs in the top of the third and allowed a temporary comeback, but retired all three batters in the top of the fourth. In the top of the fifth inning, with one out and runners on first and second, he switched to Akira Yagi pitcher and retired to double play with just one pitch.

Third pitcher Keisuke Sawada pitcher retired all three in order in the top of the sixth, closer the long-pitcher in the top of the seventh had the fewest solo hits closer runs. In the top of the eighth, Shota Suzuki pitcher retired with three batters, and in the top of the ninth, with a two-run lead, Rikuto Yokoyama pitcher closed out the game with three pitches.

The Chiba Lotte Marines win featured starter Nishino pitcher pitching 4.1 innings, 68 pitches, 7 hit 1 Walk, 3 strike out 2 runs. The second pitcher, pitcher Yagi, scored his fourth win of the season with a single win. The lineup has two hit Atsuki Tomosugi, Polanco hit a pole, and Inoue has Home Run his first hit since joining the team.

On the other hand, the defeated Tohoku Rakuten Eagles started Kenta Maeda pitcher, pitching 88 pitches in 4.0 innings, 7 hit 2 Walk 3 strike out 5 runs and couldn't get into the game. The lineup hit a total of 8 hit, tying the opposing lineup, including Itsuki Murabayashi players who scored 2 hit, but managed only 3 runs.

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Rakugo: Kenta Maeda-Daichi Shibata-Chia-Hao Sung-Ren Kajiya-Uchi Seiryu
Lotte: Yuji Nishino- ○ Akira Yagi-Keisuke Sawada- Long -Shota Suzuki- S Rikuto Yokoyama

Written by Ao Yokoyama