On August 14, the 22nd round of the Farm regular season Fukuoka Softbank vs. Hanshin Tigers held at Tama Home Stadium Chikugo ended in a 4-4 draw.

Fukuoka Softbank 's starter Hokuto pitcher had no runs in the first inning, and in the top of the second, Hit by Pitch and hit put runner in scoring position but cut off the trailing runners. Although all three were retired in order in the top of the third and fourth innings, closer the top of the fifth inning after scoring a run, they caused a crisis with runners on second and third with one out, and the score was tied between infield grounders.

From the top of the sixth, the pitchers switched in, and the second pitcher, Kenshiro Tsukayama pitcher, recorded three consecutive struck out. However, in the top of the seventh, third pitcher Yusei Tobita pitcher allowed Shuya Yamada to hit his fourth two-run homer to give up the go-ahead lead. Toshiya Nakamura pitcher, who came in from the eighth inning, gave up a timely hit with two outs and a runner on second, giving up one run, but in the top of the ninth, he closer with no runs and led to the bottom of the ninth.

In the bottom of the fourth, leadoff player Yoshiyasu Sasakawa hit a triple, and with one out, Ryuta Hirose hit a sacrifice fly to take the lead. In the bottom of the eighth, trailing three runs, with two Walk and other innings, runners on first and third were out, and the gap was two runs between Ayumu Ezaki 's grounder to infield. In the bottom of the ninth, Takashi Hirose started with a hit and got a good opportunity, and Downs' timely hit tied the game.

No winning record was achieved, and the game ended 4-4. Fukuoka Softbank Hokuto pitcher was pitch with starter throwing 76 pitches over 5 innings, 2 hit, 3 walks, 4 strike out 1 Hit by Pitch runs (earned runs 0). The batting lineup saw Takashi Hirose mark 2 hit, and in total, they capitalized on 4 hit to tie the game.

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Kami: Yuki Imasamaru, Yuta Iwasada, Seishu Hata, Hideki Okadome
So Hokuto-Kenshiro Tsukayama-Yusei Tobita-Toshiya Nakamura

Written by Riyoko Niwa

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