On July 10, in the fifth game between Chiba Lotte Marines and Hayate Shizuoka regular season held in Lotte Urawa Baseball Stadium, Chiba Lotte Marines win 18-1.

In the first inning, Daito Yamamoto hit his fourth two-run homer to take the lead, then added two more runs with triple hits by Hiromi Oka, Yudai Fujioka, and Ryusei Miyazaki. In the bottom of the fifth, they created a big inning with eight runs, and in the bottom of the seventh, Polanco hit his second two-run homer in two straight games. In the bottom of the eighth, Acevedo and Kota Inoue added four runs with consecutive RBI hits.

Starting pitcher Yuki Karakawa pitcher closer the first three innings perfectly. In the top of the sixth, he hit a series of hits to get runners on first and third and no outs, allowing one run during double play at-bats, but he pitched well in the sixth inning, throwing 65 pitches, 4 hit no walks, Hit by Pitch 1 runs. From the seventh inning onward, Atsuya Hirohata pitcher and Yusuke Azuma pitcher connected, and finally Hayate Miyazaki closed the game with pitcher closing the game.

Chiba Lotte Marines achieved a big win with 18 hit 18 runs, and Yamamoto, who hit the opening goal, made a strong performance with 3 hit 3 RBI. Miyazaki hit two RBI hits to total 4 RBI.

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●Shotaro Horie - Shuichi Ochiai - Heitaro Hayashi - Torashi Ose - Hibiki Goto
○ Yuki Karakawa-Atsuya Hirohata-Yusuke Azuma- Hayate Miyazaki

Written by Kai Nagi Niwa

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