On August 21, the 17th round between Tohoku Rakuten Eagles and Saitama Seibu Lions held at Rakuten Eagles Mobile Saikyo Park Miyagi was win 6-4 by Saitama Seibu Lions.

In the top of the third, Saitama Seibu Lions created a good opportunity with two outs and runners on first and second with doble by Taiyo Sato leadoff and Nevin Walk, then took the lead with a timely hit by Canario. Starting pitcher Mitsunari Takahashi pitcher received support, but from the first to the fifth inning, he gave up inning hit every time, and except for the third, he was in scoring position with runner in scoring position, making for a tough development. Still, with tenacious pitch, he did not score and retired from the mound with 91 pitches, 6 hit 3 walks Hit by Pitch 3 strike out no runs over 5 innings.

In the bottom of the sixth inning with a one-run lead, the second pitcher, Shunsuke Sato pitcher, was taken out after giving up a game-tying hit from Kengo Horiuchi with runners on first and second and one out, but closer Yuta Kuroki pitcher in the next step. Then, in the top of the seventh inning, with Sena Tsuge hit and sacrifice bunt with one out and a runner on second, Futoshi Sato hit a timely doble to take the lead. Wingenter pitcher in the bottom of the 7th, and Hibiki Shinohara pitcher in the bottom of the 8th with no runs. However, in the bottom of the ninth, Hiroshi Kaino pitcher scored with two outs and a runner on second with McCuscar's RBI single tying the game, sending the game into a extra inning series.

In the bottom of the 10th, Ryosuke Moriwaki pitcher retired all three batters in order. Then, in the top of the 11th, with three Walk and two outs, bases loaded pinch hitter Takeya Nakamura hit his first bases loaded home run of the season, giving the team a four-run lead. In the bottom of the 11th, Haruto Yamada pitcher hit a series of hits and Walk, resulting in one out and bases loaded, and although they gave up two runs due to a teammate's error, Wataru Matsumoto pitcher followed with two outs and bases loaded, and the next hitter flew out to right, ending the game 6-4.

Saitama Seibu Lions win saw seventh pitcher pitcher Moriwaki earn his first win since returning to control, his first win in three years since 2023, and pitcher Matsumoto recorded his first professional save. Tsuyoshi Nakamura recorded his 23rd consecutive Home Run and won a fierce battle that lasted nearly five hours. Meanwhile, Tohoku Rakuten Eagles Ryota Takinaka pitcher pitched 106 pitches with 8 hit 2 Walk 2 strike out 2 runs over 7 innings. They closed the gap to two runs in the bottom of the 11th but couldn't score one more run. Nakajima has shown strong performance in 3 hit.

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Nishi: Kosei Shunsuke Sato Sato -Yuta Kuroki- Wingenter -Hibiki Shinohara-Hiroshi Kaino- ○ Ryosuke Moriwaki-Haruto Yamada- S Wataru Matsumoto
Ryota Takinaka-Ren Kajiya Ren-Marte-Shoma Fujihira Naoma-● Katsutoshi Tai

Written by Aoi Nishijima