On June 5, in the first round of the 'Nippon Life Central-Pacific Interleague 2026' between The Giants and Chiba Lotte Marines held in Tokyo Dome, Chiba Lotte Marines lost 2-8.

Chiba Lotte Marines 's starter, Koshiro Hiroike pitcher, gave up a hit in the bottom of the 1st inning with one out, but Toshiya Sato There was also a player blocking stolen base, so there was no runs. Three inning from the second inning were sealed to hit. However, in the bottom of the fifth, with four Hit by Pitch and other bases, runners on first and third, one out, and Reito Nakayama allowed the lead on a sacrifice fly.

The lineup struggled with pitcher against the opposing starter, Ondai Inoue, and went hit through five innings. In the top of the sixth, Ryusei Terachi and Daito Yamamoto hit in succession, and pitcher Hiroike sacrifice bunt to create a good opportunity with one out and runners on second and third, but the next batters were defeated. pitcher Hiroike was taken out in the bottom of the sixth inning after a series of hits with runners on first and third and no outs, then gave up another run on Shunsuke Sasaki's timely hit, and was taken out with runners on first and second with no outs. Akira Yagi pitcher who followed also lost 4 points to a push-Walk and Nakayama's timely three-point doble.

In the bottom of the 7th, Koshiro Sakamoto pitcher was runs, but in the bottom of the 8th, Naoya Masuda pitcher gave up Cabbage's 12th solo home run and Nakayama's timely doble, falling behind by 8 runs. In the top of the 9th, Soto hit his 5th two-run homer, but the comeback ended there.

Chiba Lotte Marines lost 2-8, but starting pitcher pitcher Hiroike couldn't hold on with 83 pitches hit 4 3 walks in 5.0 innings, 3 Hit by Pitch strike out 4 runs. The lineup featured Misho Nishikawa and Teraji, who marked two hit. Notably, Tsuyoshi Yamazaki, who signed a contract under a controlled roster today, started playing from the bottom of the 7th inning in defense.

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Ro ● Koshiro Hiroike-Akira Yagi-Koshiro Sakamoto-Naoya Masuda
Huge ○ Atsushi Inoue

Written by Riyoko Niwa