◇ Hokkaido Nippon-Ham vs Tohoku Rakuten Eagles 15th Round (25th, ES CON FIELD)

Tohoku Rakuten Eagles 's Kosei Shoji pitcher achieved an HQS with a strong performance of 105 pitches over 7 innings, 6 hit 2 Walk, 5 strike out 2 runs.

Shoji pitcher had mound after six days off since his last appearance, earning his first win in about two months. In the first inning, he gave up leadoff hitter Home Run to Tatsuki Mizuno and continued to face a two-out bases loaded crisis. However, he made a brilliant play by catch a powerful fly ball backward to center fielder and Ryosuke Tatsumi, and he got through the runs without remaining.

From the bottom of the second inning through the fourth, he carried runner every inning, but did not allow any more runs in crucial pitch. In the top of the fourth, YG Yasuda hit his third solo home run to take the lead, and pitcher Shoji responded with support, tying out three batters in a row from the inning fifth inning onward. In the bottom of the seventh, he gave up a sacrifice fly that temporarily tied the game, but did not give up the lead.

He took the lead again in the top of the 8th inning and earned the right to win pitcher, but the second pitcher, Marte pitcher, was runs in the bottom of the 8th, marking his first first-team mound since joining Tohoku Rakuten Eagles, putting his career-high sixth win on hold. Still, he achieved his 10th QS of the season.

Text by Ao Yokoyama