On August 8, in the 18th round between Hokkaido Nippon-Ham and Tohoku Rakuten Eagles held in ES CON FIELD, Tohoku Rakuten Eagles win 6-0.

The lineup started with YG Yasuda doble in the first inning, making it one out and bases loaded, and took the lead while Itsuki Murabayashi broke double play. In the top of the second inning, Daisuke Nakashima scored a second run with a timely doble. Starter Takahisa Hayakawa pitcher retired all three batters in the first inning. From the second inning onward, as usual, they carried the runner but kept putting out pitch with calm innings.

With a two-run lead, the game entered its final innings. In the top of the seventh, the lineup added four more runs with five consecutive hits, including YG Yasuda and McCuscar hitting timely hits. pitcher Hayakawa was pulled after pitching 106 pitches in the eighth inning, allowing six hit walks, Hit by Pitch seven strike out, and runs no , while Marte pitcher took the mound in the top of the ninth. Despite carrying runner with two outs, he finished the game with no runs.

Tohoku Rakuten Eagles had two hit of Nakajima, YG Yasuda, and Ryosuke Tatsumi, showing a top-tier lineup. pitcher Hayakawa earned his fifth win, his first since July 3. Meanwhile, the losing Hokkaido Nippon-Ham saw starting pitcher Takayuki Kato pitcher runs 8 hit 4 (earned runs 2) in the middle of the 7th inning. Tatsuki Mizuno players missed six hit, including two hit, and made errors late in the game, resulting in a large number of runs.

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Raku ○ Takahisa Hayakawa- Marte
Japan ● Takayuki Kato-Kenta Uehara-Yi-Lei Sun