◆ Pacific League Rakuten Eagles 3-1 Nippon-Ham (April 4th, Rakuten Eagles Mobile is the strongest)

Rakuten Eagles came from behind to defeat Nippon-Ham, extending their winning streak to two games.

The starter, Takinaka, stuck with it while giving up runner from the outset. In the first inning, he got Reyes to fly out to center with two outs and runners on first and second. In the fifth inning, when both teams were scoreless, he had a pair of groundouts. He calmly got out of the game with two outs and runners on first and second in the sixth inning, pitching until the middle of the sixth inning and giving up no runs while surrendering 7 hit.

Uchi, who took mound after Takinaka, retired Tamiya with a foul fly ball. His excellent relief pitching prevented the opposing team from scoring the first run.

The deadlock was broken in the seventh inning. Third pitcher Sho Suzuki allowed sacrifice fly to Castro with one out and a runner on third base, giving up the first run. The game finally saw some action.

The batting lineup, hoping to support Takinaka, had a hard time with Nippon-Ham starter Fukushima. 3 hit runs were scored in the first six innings. Finally, an opportunity came in the 7th inning, with one out and runners on second and third, but Gonzalez and Ota fell struck out in succession.

Nevertheless, in the 8th inning, Taira led off with a solo home run to tie the game. The powerful swing from the man with momentum brought the game back to a tie. Then, with one out, Tatsumi hit a go-ahead solo home run. A barrage of home runs turned the game around and added another run.

Despite a tough stretch, they rallied in the final stages and managed to turn the game around. The team, which had snapped a six-game losing streak in the game against Softbank Hawks the previous day (at Mizuho PayPay Dome), is now on an upward trajectory.