◆ Pacific League Rakuten Eagles Rakuten vs. Orix Buffaloes (16th, Rakuten Eagles Mobile Saikyo Park Miyagi)
Rakuten Eagles 's outfielder Ryosuke Tatsumi hit Home Run in his third consecutive game.
With a one-run lead, he was one out in the seventh inning. Tatsumi caught Yamazaki's fastball and drove it to the home run terrace in right-center. This marked his ninth home run of the season in three consecutive games. He contributed a valuable additional run.
![[Photo] What!? Owner Mikitani in tears - the reason is...](https://hochi.news/images/2018/03/19/20180319-OHT1I50136-L.jpg)
![[Scoreboard] Rakuten Eagles vs. Orix Buffaloes](https://hochi.news/assets/v2/img/hochi_news_sns.png)
![[Rakuten Eagles] Contreras pitches a tenacious 5 innings, allowing only 1 runs. Despite 5 Walk and some control issues, he holds on and leaves the game with a chance to be winning pitcher](https://hochi.news/images/2026/07/16/20260716-OHT1I51460-L.jpg)
![[Rakuten Eagles] Can they achieve a three-game sweep against the same opponent? Yoshiaki Watanabe will be in starting line-up for the first time in two games. Contreras will start in search of his first win.](https://hochi.news/images/2026/07/16/20260716-OHT1I51352-L.jpg)
![[Rakuten Eagles] Kenta Maeda removed from roster. Despite being hit by a batted ball the previous day, he pitched a strong game, giving up only two runs in seven innings. He participated in the first-team pitcher practice... Contreras has been added to the roster.](https://hochi.news/images/2026/07/16/20260716-OHT1I51270-L.jpg)
![[Farm] Kohiro Komori hits a first-pitch lead-off hitter home run! Tohoku Rakuten Eagles stop their losing streak.](https://media.insight.pacificleague.com/webp/qnNFP0qyrHN2OFO0D0Elu4A7XpYXUZYup221YGsd.webp)
