[Nippon-Ham] Gives up 5 runs in the 7th inning... Tanaka and Shimamoto's formula proves to be a major miscalculation, Kitayama slips away from his 10th win, suffers consecutive losses to Seibu Lions, and falls 9.5 games behind league leaders SoftBank.

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◆ Pacific League Nippon-Ham 2-5 Seibu Lions (12th, ES CON FIELD)

Nippon-Ham suffered a come-from-behind loss to Seibu Lions, widening the gap between them and second-place Seibu Lions to one game.

In the third inning, with the score tied 0-0, Kiyomiya Yuki hit his 12th Home Run of the season to the right field bullpen, tying his total from last season, to give his team the lead. In the sixth inning, Mizuno hit his 9th home run to third base line by Kishi, also contributed to the large number runs.

Starting pitcher Kitayama threw 111 pitches over 6 innings, allowing 6 hit and no runs. He showed a strong performance, striking out 7 struck out with his fastball reaching a top speed of 155 km/h, but reliever pitchers struggled, and he missed out on a career-high 10th win.

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[Nippon-Ham] Gives up 5 runs in the 7th inning... Tanaka and Shimamoto's formula proves to be a major miscalculation, Kitayama slips away from his 10th win, suffers consecutive losses to Seibu Lions, and falls 9.5 games behind league leaders SoftBank.