On August 7, in the 17th round between Hokkaido Nippon-Ham and Tohoku Rakuten Eagles held in ES CON FIELD, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham win 3-2.

Hokkaido Nippon-Ham 's starter, Kota Tatsu pitcher, despite carrying runner, closed key moments and pitched empty-runs through five innings. However, in the top of the sixth, with two outs, Fumiya Kurokawa allowed the lead with his second solo homer, and in the top of the seventh, with Hikaru Ota doble and others, he gave up the second run with one out and a runner on third, and Daisuke Nakashima pitcher sacrifice fly. He was taken out after 7 innings, 109 pitches, 6 hit, 2 walks Hit by Pitch 7 strike out, 2 runs.

Meanwhile, the lineup remained scoreless through seven innings, but in the bottom of the eighth, Naoki Arizono Walk, Kengo Yoshida hit, and Kotaro Kiyomiya Hit by Pitch created a two-out bases loaded opportunity. Pinch hitter Reyes hit a timely doble to tie the game.

In the bottom of the ninth, with one out, Naoki Arizono and Chusei Mannami got a good opportunity to runner first and second in a four-Hit by Pitch run. At that moment, Kota Yazawa hit a right-field hit, and during the bad throw, second-base runner Yuzono scored, ending the game 3-2. They achieved back-to-back wins with a dramatic win.

Kengo Yoshida, who was promoted before today's game, posted 3 At Bat 3 hit. In the bottom of the 5th inning, Hiroki Tsuneya, the first pick in the developmental draft, hit his first professional hit. For the defeated Tohoku Rakuten Eagles, starter Ureña pitcher threw 5 hit 3 strike out Hit by Pitch 5 runs over 5 innings with 72 pitches, but the bullpen couldn't hold on. They lost the first game of the series.

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Raku Ureña -Ren Kajiya Katsutoshi Tai Ryu Kutani- ● Haruto Nakagomi
Kota Kota Tatsu-Tsubasa Namatame- ○ Taisei Yanagawa

Text by Rian Ueno