On June 7, in the third round of the 'Nippon Life Central-Pacific League Interleague 2026' between Tokyo Yakult and Hokkaido Nippon-Ham held in Jingu Stadium, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham win 7-1, securing their fourth consecutive win.

In the first inning, leadoff hitter hitter and Tatsuki Mizuno created a good opportunity with hit and stolen base, and Reyes took the lead with his 12th two-run homer. Meanwhile, starting pitcher Koki Kitayama pitcher took runner to first and second in the bottom of the first inning due to errors by hit and teammates, but the next batters were hit out by struck out and double play, and the start started runs. In the bottom of the third, Yuki Nomura got Yasunobu Okugawa pitcher out for a grounder to right, showing strong defense and maintaining a stable pitch.

In the top of the 5th, leadoff player Yuya Shindo reached base, and Kitayama pitcher hit a sacrifice bunt on the first pitch to put the team in scoring position. With two outs, Kotaro Kiyomiya added two more runs with a timely hit, and Martinez hit his first two-run homer of the season, extending the lead to six runs.

In the top of the sixth, with no outs, bases loaded Kitayama added another run on sacrifice fly by pitcher Kitayama. pitcher Kitayama continued to pitch, giving up a run to Ryuusei Takeoka with a timely hit in the bottom of the 7th, but in the bottom of the 8th, he cut through with three batters and went to mound in the bottom of the 9th. He closer cleanup hitter Osuna to a grounder to shortstop, finishing the game with his second complete game of the season.

Hokkaido Nippon-Ham finished the three-game series against Tokyo Yakult in a sweep, achieving four consecutive wins. pitcher Kitayama, who pitched 113 pitches in 9 innings, pitched 4 hit, 1 Walk, 6 strike out, and 1 runs, recorded his fifth win and his first professional sacrifice fly and RBI since 2023.

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Day ○ Koki Kitayama
Ya ● Yasunobu Okugawa - Ryuto Iida - Reishi Ozawa - Kota Shoji

Written by Ryo Aritake