◆ Pacific League: Nippon-Ham vs. Rakuten Eagles (9th, ES CON FIELD)
Rakuten Eagles pitcher Tatsuki Koja (24) started the game against Nippon-Ham and pitched a perfect pitch through six innings, but in the seventh inning, he gave up hit to Igarashi, ending both perfect game and no hitter.
After that, while Mizuno sacrifice bunt in front of third base, third base was left completely open, allowing runner Igoman to advance to third. With one out and a runner on third, Mannami hit an unlucky RBI single to the field behind shortstop. Giving up a run and turning from perfect game 's strong pitching pace, he fell into a crisis for his eighth loss.
![[Video] So cute! Nogizaka baseball Club's ceremonial pitch](https://hochi.news/images/2026/03/29/20260329-OHT1I51303-L.jpg)
![[Scoreboard] Nippon-Ham vs. Rakuten Eagles](https://hochi.news/assets/v2/img/hochi_news_sns.png)
![[Rakuten Eagles] Third-year left-handed Tatsuki Koja pitches a perfect pitch through five innings against Nippon-Ham, engaging in pitcher duel with Kohei Arihara](https://hochi.news/images/2026/08/09/20260809-OHT1I51236-L.jpg)
![[Rakuten Eagles] Takahisa Hayakawa earns his 5th win with no Hit by Pitch, saying "I attacked when I needed to attack," a complete turnaround from the five Hit by Pitch batsmen by his team's pitcher on the 7th.](https://hochi.news/images/2026/08/08/20260808-OHT1I51484-L.jpg)
![[Rakuten Eagles] Hideto Asamura hits a powerful 8th home run! His batting average for July was in the .100s before the game... Will this home run, his first in 7 games, be the trigger for his recovery?](https://hochi.news/images/2026/07/26/20260726-OHT1I51245-L.jpg)
