On July 7, in the 12th round between Saitama Seibu Lions and Tohoku Rakuten Eagles held at Okinawa Cellular Stadium Naha, Saitama Seibu Lions win 6-1.

Saitama Seibu Lions 's starter Kaima Taira pitcher pitched a perfect pitch through three innings. In the top of the fourth, he recorded consecutive Walk and runner, but struck out the next batters at struck out. In the top of the fifth, he faced a bases loaded crisis with two outs but again closer struck out, pitching 102 pitches in five innings, 4 hit, 3 Walk, 7 strike out, and no runs to get out of mound.

In the bottom of the fourth, with Kazunari Ishii doble with one out and runners on second, An-Ko Lin hit a timely hit to put them ahead. In the bottom of the fifth, with two outs, Walk and Nevin created a hit, and Ishii hit his fifth three-run homer to add the lead.

In the top of the sixth, the second pitcher Masaya Kuroda pitcher gave up one run on a timely hit, but in the bottom of the eighth, Natsuo Takizawa hit a two-run doble, extending the lead to five. In the top of the ninth, Taishi Mameda pitcher closed the game, ending the game 6-1. Saitama Seibu Lions win saw starter pitcher Taira return home win the first Okinawa native pitcher to do so, ending their losing streak at 6.

Meanwhile, Tohoku Rakuten Eagles started by Kosei Shoji pitcher, who threw 107 pitches in 5 innings, hit 6 4 Walk 7 strike out 4 runs and failed to produce a game, resulting in their sixth straight loss. The lineup totaled 8 hit but failed to capitalize on their opportunities and finished with only one run. Notably, Yoshiaki Watanabe recorded 2 hit and 1 RBI.

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Raku ● Kosei Shoji-Katsutoshi Tai-Chiharu Tanaka-Haruto Nakagomi
West: Kaima Taira-Masaya Kuroda-Hibiki Shinohara- Wingenter -Taishi Mameda

Written by Aoi Nemoto