On June 6, in the second round of the 'Nippon Life Central-Pacific League Interleague 2026' between Hanshin Tigers and Tohoku Rakuten Eagles held in Koshien, Tohoku Rakuten Eagles lost 0-1.

Tohoku Rakuten Eagles 's starter, Takahisa Hayakawa pitcher, allowed runner every inning through the third inning but continued to runs pitch without a game. In the bottom of the fourth, he closer retired all three batters in order, but in the bottom of the fifth, a Walk to the leadoff hitter led to a one-out, runner-on-third crisis, and Masahiro Tateishi scored the first run with a timely hit. In the bottom of the sixth, he closer with no runs, threw 107 pitches, 5 hit 2 Walk 8 strike out 1 runs and got out of mound.

From the 7th inning, the pitching switched to reinforcements, with Sora Suzuki pitcher and Ryu Kutani pitcher each retired the entire three. In the top of the 9th, with Doris pitcher out, Daisuke Nakashima hit a hit with two outs, but in the end, pinch hitter Daichi Suzuki flew out to center, ending the game 0-1.

pitcher Hayakawa pitched well, going 1-runs in the 6th inning, and the reliever lineup was runs relay, but the lineup finished with 7 hit scoreless overall. The team suffered three consecutive losses.

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Raku ● Takahisa Hayakawa Sora Suzuki Ryu Kutani
God ○ Murakami Shoki - Hata Seishu - Iwasaki Yu - S. Doris

Written by Riyoko Niwa