On July 8, at Okinawa Cellular Stadium Naha, the 13th round between Saitama Seibu Lions and Tohoku Rakuten Eagles was win 5-2 by Tohoku Rakuten Eagles.

Tohoku Rakuten Eagles 's starter, Takayuki Kishi pitcher, in the first inning, after a teammate's error on infield hit resulted in one out and runners on second, Seiya Watanabe took the lead with a timely hit. However, after that, he showed a stable pitch by closer the opposing lineup to two hit, pitching 89 pitches in 6 innings, 4 hit 1 Walk, 7 strike out 1 runs (earned runs 0), and was taken out.

In the top of the third inning, trailing by one run, Kengo Horiuchi reached base with Walk and Daisuke Nakashima hit, and with one out, runners on first and third, sacrifice fly Ryosuke Tatsumi singled out to tie the game. In the top of the fifth, with the score tied, Watts and Nakajima hit a chance with runners on first and third, and Rui Muneyama grounded out to infield to take the lead.

The relievers connected the bottom of the 7th with Ryu Kutani pitcher with no runs, but in the bottom of the 8th, third pitcher Ren Kajiya pitcher hit with Hit by Pitch and , giving up a sacrifice fly from Nevin's player with one out and runners on first and third, bringing the game to the starting point. In the bottom of the 9th, Katsutoshi Tai pitcher closer, and the game entered a extra inning series.

Then, in the top of the 10th, leadoff player Nakajima reached base at hit, and with two outs and a runner on first, Atsuki Muto hit a timely doble to take the lead. With two outs and bases loaded, Fumiya Kurokawa hit a timely hit extended the lead to three runs. In the bottom of the tenth, closer Shoma Fujihira pitcher closed the game, ending the game 3-2. win Tohoku Rakuten Eagles, pitcher Tai earned their first win of the season. In the batting lineup, Nakajima and Kurokawa delivered strong three-hit performances.

Meanwhile, Saitama Seibu Lions pitched tenaciously with Yutaro Watanabe pitcher pitching 7 innings with 112 pitches, 7 hit 2 Walk 8 strike out 2 runs. The lineup tied the game late in the innings, but the fourth pitcher Hibiki Shinohara pitcher couldn't hold on. Notably, Seiya Watanabe marked 3 hit 1 RBI.

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Takayuki Kishi-Ryu Kutani Ren Kajiya- ○ Katsutoshi Tai- S. Shoma Fujihira
Yutaro Yutaro Watanabe-Yuta Nakamura-Hiroshi Kaino- ● Hibiki Shinohara-Ryosuke Moriwaki

Written by Aoi Nishijima