On July 21, in the third round of the Farm regular season vs. Fukuoka Softbank Chunichi held at Tama Home Stadium Chikugo, Fukuoka Softbank win 4-3.

In the bottom of the fourth, the lineup got a good opportunity after an error and a hit by Akira Nakamura, and Ryuta Hirose hit a sacrifice fly to take the lead. In the bottom of the sixth, a infield hit by leadoff Itua Ikhine led to an additional run, making it 2-0. Starting pitcher Shunsuke Iwasaki pitcher started runner early but continued runs pitch.

In the top of the seventh, pitcher Iwasaki gave up a series of hits with one out, and after closer pinch hitter Kaliste to pop fly, he was taken out. The Ryusei Oe pitcher that followed, gave up a timely hit to Seicho Uebayashi, but maintained the lead. However, in the top of the eighth, pitcher Oe, who had entered the inning, gave up a solo Home Run, and the game was put at its start.

In the top of the ninth, Yusuke Ito pitcher scored three consecutive struck out. In the bottom of the ninth, hit to Shuya Oizumi and Yoshiyasu Sasakawa were bases loaded, but no runs were scored, and the game went into the extra inning series. In the top of the tenth, starting with runners on first and second and no outs in the tiebreaker, pitcher Ito gave up a one-run lead, but managed to get through with at least runs.

In the bottom of the 10th, with no outs and bases loaded, Ryuta Hirose tied the game with a timely infield hit, and Yuto Akihiro finished the walk-off win with a bases-loaded Walk. The Fukuoka Softbank win was starter pitcher Iwasaki, who threw 111 pitches over 6.2 innings, 7 hit, 3 walks, Hit by Pitch 1 runs. The lineup recorded a total of 8 hit.

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Nakachi Reia -Toshihiro Sugiura- Umeno Yugo - ● Haruki Miyauchi
So, Shunsuke Iwasaki-Ryusei Oe- ○ Yusuke Ito

Written by Kai Nagi Niwa

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