On August 9, in the 19th round between Hokkaido Nippon-Ham and Tohoku Rakuten Eagles held in ES CON FIELD, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham win 1-0.

Hokkaido Nippon-Ham started Kohei Arihara pitcher. Although he put runner in scoring position with consecutive hits from one out in the first inning, he pitched well from then on, retiring three batters every inning through the fifth inning. In the top of the sixth and seventh innings, he allowed runner in hit each but failed to score in crucial pitch.

The lineup wanted to respond to pitcher Arihara's strong pitching, but struggled against the opposing starter's Tatsuki Koja pitcher with no hit until the sixth inning. Even so, in the bottom of the seventh, leadoff player Ryota Isobata reached base for the first time in the team's hit. During the sacrifice bunt of Tatsuki Mizuno player following, Igoman advanced to third base. At that moment, infield hit flew out to Chusei Mannami, successfully giving the team the lead.

pitcher Arihara, who received one run of support, closer runs the top of the 8th and then mound in the top of the 9th. He got Ryosuke Tatsumi and McCuscar struck out respectively, and ended the game by hitting Itsuki Murabayashi to fly out to right.

win Hokkaido Nippon-Ham was shutout game win by pitcher Arihara, who threw 118 pitches in 9 innings, 6 hit 1 Hit by Pitch, 11 strike out no runs, marking his second consecutive . In the top of the 3rd inning, he became the 161st player in history to reach 1,000 NPB strike out. For the defeated Tohoku Rakuten Eagles, starting pitcher pitcher Koja pitch through the 6th inning. Despite his strong pitching of 86 pitches, 2 hit no walks Hit by Pitch 6 strike out 1 runs in 8 innings, the lineup finished scoreless hit 6.

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Raku ● Tatsuki Koja
Japan ○ Kohei Arihara

Text by Mao Tsutsui