On August 19, the 16th round match between Tohoku Rakuten Eagles and Chiba Lotte Marines was held at Rakuten Eagles Mobile Saikyo Park Miyagi, with Tohoku Rakuten Eagles win 5-2.

In the bottom of the second, with one out, YG Yasuda reached base with doble, and Kengo Horiuchi hit their first two-run homer to take the lead. Then, in the bottom of the third, with Ryosuke Tatsumi and Itsuki Murabayashi hit and other hits, bases loaded out and YG Yasuda added another run with a timely hit. Rakuten Eagles

Starting pitcher Takayuki Kishi pitcher carried runner every inning hit through six innings, but failed to score pitch crucial moments, and left the mound with 98 pitches, 7 hit, 1 Walk, 5 strike out, and no runs in 6 innings. In the top of the 7th, Ren Kajiya pitcher connected with no runs, and the lineup added another run with YG Yasuda 's second RBI hit of the day. In the bottom of the 8th, Rui Muneyama hit a timely doble, extending the lead to 5 runs. In the top of the 9th, Taisei Tsuruzaki pitcher gave up Koki Yamaguchi 's 22nd two-run homer with two outs, but ultimately retired Ryusei Terachi to fly out to center to end the game.

Tohoku Rakuten Eagles win 5-2, with pitcher Kishi marking their fourth win. The lineup with 16 hit 5 runs had Daisuke Nakashima players hit 4 and YG Yasuda players 3 hit 2 RBI. Meanwhile, the losing Chiba Lotte Marines saw Long pitcher throw 63 pitches and 8 hit 1 Walk 3 strike out 3 runs in 3 innings. Although the lineup hit 11 hit, Yamaguchi's scoring was limited to two consecutive games, resulting in three straight losses.

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●Long-Akira Yagi-Fumiya Ono-Takahashi Kaishu
Rakugo: ○ Takayuki Kishi Ren Kajiya, Masaya Nishigaki, Taisei Tsurusaki