On July 15, in the 13th round between Saitama Seibu Lions and Chiba Lotte Marines held in Belluna Dome, Saitama Seibu Lions win 7-3.

In the bottom of the 1st, Manaya Nishikawa and Natsuo Takizawa created a chance with consecutive hits, and Kazunari Ishii hit a sacrifice fly to take the lead. Starter Sou Sato pitcher tied the game in the top of the third with a timely hit by Koki Yamaguchi, but the rest of the pitch was a tenacious pitch pitching 5 innings with 88 pitches, 3 hit, 3 walks, Hit by Pitch 1 runs. In the bottom of the third, the lineup took the lead with a timely doble by Taiga Hirasawa players. The first half ended 2-1.

​Masaya Kuroda pitcher came in in the top of the sixth, but Yamaguchi's 13th solo homer tied the game. In the top of the seventh, E. Ramirez pitcher gave up Naonori Yasuda 's go-ahead third solo homer. However, in the bottom of the seventh, leadoff Yuto Koga reached base at hit, but errors kept piling up, and the bases loaded was out. Nevin's sacrifice fly and Ishii's RBI hit put the team in a 5-3 comeback.

In the top of the eighth, Wingenter pitcher connected the game, and in the bottom of the eighth, Seiya Watanabe hit a doble and Junichiro Kishi hit a hit and stolen base, putting runners on second and third with one out, and Manaya Nishikawa added two more runs with a timely triple. The top of the ninth inning ended with a 7-3 score by Yuta Nakamura pitcher. Saitama Seibu Lions, now on a three-game winning streak, saw Ishii hit three RBI, including the game-winning hit. Takizawa also fired a 3-hit.

The losing Chiba Lotte Marines made two errors in the bottom of the seventh inning, which led to the comeback. Starting pitcher Tokito Kawamura pitcher threw 93 pitches in 5 innings, 6 hit 3 Walk 2 runs. The lineup was marked by Yamaguchi with a timely hit and Home Run for 2 hit.

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Ro Tokito Kawamura-Akira Yagi ●Castillo-Keisuke Sawada-Koshiro Sakamoto
Sou Sato-Masaya Kuroda- ○E. Ramirez - Wingenter -Yuta Nakamura

Written by Kai Nagi Niwa