◆ Pacific League: Nippon-Ham vs. Rakuten Eagles (26th, ES CON FIELD)
Rakuten Eagles missed a base running error.
In the sixth inning, trailing three runs with two outs and a runner on first, the game was a situation. Shigenaga hit a hit that dropped to right field, but Asamura, who was runner first, overran halfway around second and was tagged out between second and third. He had a chance.
The team had made base running error the previous day. First runner Murabayashi started on a hit-and-run play, but was tagged out for being late returning to first base on a foul fly ball.
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