◇ Chiba Lotte Marines vs. Orix Buffaloes 10th Round (16th, Zozo Marine Stadium)

Chiba Lotte Marines Haruya Tanaka pitcher pitched 5 innings with 91 pitches, 5 hit, 3 walks, 7 Hit by Pitch strike out and no runs pitching.

pitcher Tanaka suddenly put two outs bases loaded in the first inning with two hit and Walk, but Tomoya Mori He knocked the player down to struck out with a high outside breaking ball. He continued to struggle with pitch inning on second base through the fourth inning, carrying runner on second base, but managed to get through by scoring struck out at key moments.

In the top of the fifth, he retired the cleanup Ryoma Nishikawa, Seymour, and Ryo Ota for the first time in a three-in-three strikeout of the game and was taken out. It didn't become a win for the first time since March 28, but they didn't let the opponent lose momentum.

◇ Tanaka pitcher Comment
"I often gave runner, but I just persevered, showed what I had done for a week, and closer with zero, which was great. All that's left is to cheer for the team with all my might and do my best to definitely win."

Text by Aoi Nishijima