On July 26, in the 16th round between Hokkaido Nippon-Ham and Tohoku Rakuten Eagles held in ES CON FIELD, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham win 6-2.

The lineup took the lead in the first inning with Naoki Arizono doble. Starting pitcher Fukuya Yamazaki pitcher tied the game in the top of the second inning with Hideto Asamura 's solo homer of the eighth, but in the bottom of the second, they got a good opportunity in Walk and regained the lead with a timely hit by Yuzono. Then, in the bottom of the fourth, Yuzono hit his first professional solo Home Run, bringing the score to 3-1.

Fukuya Yamazaki pitcher gave up Home Run but was pulled after 79 pitches, 3 hit 3 walks, Hit by Pitch 1 runs in 5 innings. The lineup added runs in the bottom of the 5th with Kotaro Kiyomiya 's timely doble and Chusei Mannami 's 19th solo home run in the bottom of the 7th. The relief pitcher Leo Shibata gave up McCuscar's 13th solo home run, but did not add any runs from the 7th inning onward, closing out the game.

The Hokkaido Nippon-Ham, now on a three-game winning streak, saw Arisono, who was picked as the leadoff hitter for the first time in his professional career, posting a 3-hit 2-RBI performance. Fukuya Yamazaki pitcher claimed his fourth win, undefeated. The defeated Tohoku Rakuten Eagles saw starting pitcher Ryota Takinaka pitcher unable to hold on and pitched 5 innings with 6 hit 5 Walk 5 runs. The lineup produced Home Run for Asamura and McCuscar, but only those two runs were scored.

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Raku ● Ryota Takinaka- Tsurusaki Taisei - Contreras -Haruto Nakagomi
Japan ○Fukuya Yamazaki -Leo Shibata-Hiroya Shimamoto-Shoma Kanemura-Kenta Uehara

Written by Kai Nagi Niwa