On June 9th, the first game of the "Nippon Life Interleague Series 2026" between Tohoku Rakuten Eagles and The Giants, held at Rakuten Eagles Mobile Saikyo Park Miyagi, ended with Tohoku Rakuten Eagles losing 2-8.

Tohoku Rakuten Eagles 's starting pitcher, Kosei Shoji, allowed hit to the leadoff hitter in the first and second innings, but managed to closer the subsequent batters scoreless. However, in the top of the third inning, he gave up a 3-run homer to Dalbec, his 10th of the season, and then allowed a 2-run homer in the top of the sixth inning and a solo Home Run in the top of the seventh inning. He left mound after 7 innings, having thrown 115 pitches, given up 12 hit 2 Walk strike out 6, and allowed 6 runs.

In the bottom of the 7th inning, the offense started with Kengo Horiuchi 's first hit of the season, followed by consecutive doble from Daisuke Nakashima and Naoki Sato, bringing the score to 2-0. However, in the top of the 8th inning, pitcher Taisei Tsurusaki gave up a run, and in the top of the 9th inning, pitcher Masaya Nishigaki gave up a solo home run to Takumi Ohshiro, the 6th of the season, ending the game 2-8.

pitcher Shoji suffered his sixth loss of the season. reliever pitcher also struggled, each giving up one runs, and the team suffered its fourth consecutive loss. Incidentally, pitcher Takahiro Norimoto, who transferred from Tohoku Rakuten Eagles to The Giants as a free agent, achieved win all 12 teams in this game.

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Giants: Norimoto Takahiro - Takanashi Yuhei - Funasako Taiga - Akahoshi Yuji - Horita Kenshin
Raku ● Kosei Shoji- Taisei Tsurusaki -Masaya Nishigaki

Written by Yokazu Sonoda