On August 18, the 15th round match between Tohoku Rakuten Eagles and Chiba Lotte Marines was held at Rakuten Eagles Mobile Strongest Park Miyagi, with Tohoku Rakuten Eagles win 6-2.

Tohoku Rakuten Eagles 's starter Kosei Shoji pitcher gave up a hit to Naonori Yasuda with two outs in the first inning, then gave up his 21st two-run homer to Koki Yamaguchi in the following inning. The lineup then scored in the bottom of the first inning with Ryosuke Tatsumi 's 10th solo homer. Furthermore, in the bottom of the third, with Daisuke Nakashima and McCuscar hit with two outs and runners on second and third, Itsuki Murabayashi hit a timely hit to take the lead.

Shoji pitcher, supported by support, delivered strong performances by getting three batters out of the 4 inning in the second inning and onward. In the top of the 6th, he was in trouble with two outs and runners on second, but retired the next batters struck out swinging and threw 77 pitches in 6 innings, 3 hit no walks Hit by Pitch 6 strike out 2 runs to get out of the mound.

In the top of the seventh, leading by one run, Ryu Kutani pitcher connected with no runs, and in the bottom of the seventh, Tatsumi added another run with a timely hit. In the top of the eighth, Katsutoshi Tai pitcher carried runner in scoring position but managed to get through with no runs. In the bottom of the eighth, Hikaru Ota added a run with his third two-run homer, and in the top of the ninth, Marte pitcher closed out the game.

Tohoku Rakuten Eagles, win 6-2, saw pitcher Shoji secure their first win in a month. The lineup features players Tatsumi and Murabayashi, each recording 2 hit 2 RBI. Meanwhile, the losing Chiba Lotte Marines saw Yuto Yoshikawa pitcher, making his season debut, throw 90 pitches with 6 hit 2 Walk 5 strike out 3 runs over 5 innings. After scoring the first inning in the first inning, the lineup was held scoreless for 1 hit.

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Ro ● Yuto Yoshikawa-Fumiya Ono-Keisuke Sawada-Shuta Ishikawa
Raku ○ Kosei Shoji-Ryu Kutani-Katsutoshi Tai- Marte