On July 20, in the 16th round between Tohoku Rakuten Eagles and Saitama Seibu Lions held at Rakuten Eagles Mobile Saikyo Park Miyagi, Saitama Seibu Lions win 5-4. They secured their third consecutive series winning record.

Saitama Seibu Lions bullpen Day. E. Ramirez pitcher, the first start in Japan, and the second pitcher Yuta Nakamura pitcher each threw two inning to make the game runs no-game. In the top of the second inning, with two outs and runners on first and second, Yuto Koga hit his fourth three-run homer to take the lead, and Manaya Nishikawa hit his third solo home run for the second consecutive time.

However, in the bottom of the fifth, the third pitcher Masaya Kuroda pitcher gave up three consecutive hits, making it three runs. In the top of the sixth, the lineup added runs with a timely triple by Sosuke Genda, but in the bottom of the sixth, the fifth pitcher Hibiki Shinohara pitcher gave up Akira Shigenaga 's timely triple, bringing the score to 5-4.

Still, in the bottom of the 7th, Wingenter pitcher and in the bottom of the 8th, Taishi Mameda pitcher were runs relays. In the bottom of the ninth, Hiroshi Kaino pitcher held onto a one-run lead. Second pitcher Yu Nakamura pitcher recorded his first win since the transfer. Genda recorded 2 hit 1 RBI, and Shuta Tonosaki both contributed to the runs in the hit.

On the other hand, the defeated Tohoku Rakuten Eagles started Takayuki Kishi pitcher with 91 pitches hit 8 1 Walk 2 strike out 5 runs over 6 innings. The lineup was dominated by Daisuke Nakashima players recording 2 hit 2 RBI, while rookie 3rd round pick Shiganaga recorded his first professional hit on the 18th, marking three consecutive hit games.

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Nishi E. Ramirez - ○ Yuta Nakamura-Masaya Kuroda-Ryosuke Moriwaki-Hibiki Shinohara- Wingenter -Taishi Mameda- S Hiroshi Kaino
Rakuten: Takayuki Kishi, Daichi Shibata, Katsutoshi Tai, Haruto Nakagomi

Written by Ao Yokoyama