◆ Pacific League: Rakuten Eagles vs. Nippon-Ham (April 4th, Rakuten Eagles Mobile Saikyo Park Miyagi)
Rakuten Eagles took the lead.
The game changed in the third inning, when both teams were scoreless. Walk and hit put runners on first and second with no outs, Nakajima hit a timely single down the right field line, scoring the first run. Then, with one out and runners on second and third, Tatsumi hit sacrifice fly to left field, giving his team a two-run lead in the third inning.
On the pitching side, Rakuten Eagles 's starting pitcher, Kenta Maeda, got off to a good start. He didn't allow a single runner through the first three innings. The pitch responded to the veteran's strong pitching.
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![[Scoreboard] Rakuten Eagles vs. Nippon-Ham](https://hochi.news/assets/v2/img/hochi_news_sns.png)
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