On August 23, in the 15th round of the farm regular season against Tohoku Rakuten Eagles Oisix Niigata held in Shinrindori Stadium Izumi, Tohoku Rakuten Eagles win 5-1.

Tohoku Rakuten Eagles starter Wataru Karashima pitcher gave up a run in the top of the second inning on a solo home run by Keita Sonobe. The lineup conceded the lead in the bottom of the second inning, and Hideto Asamura hit his first solo home run to tie the game. In the bottom of the fourth, Kyosuke Kaneko succeeded in taking the lead with a timely hit. pitcher Karashima closer the hit from the third inning onward, and retired mound with one runs in the fifth inning.

From the sixth inning onward, Contreras pitcher threw two inning and Takuma Makazawa pitcher threw one inning, connecting with no runs. The lineup led by four runs by Po Hsiang Yang in the bottom of the seventh, and by two consecutive Home Run in the bottom of the eighth, Tsubasa Yoshino and Kyosuke Kaneko. In the top of the ninth, Chiharu Tanaka pitcher retired all three batters in order, closer the game ended 5-1.

pitcher Karashima pitch 5 innings with 74 pitches, 3 hit 1 Walk 5 strike out 1 runs. The batting lineup saw Asamura, who joined the farm team on the 21st, hit a home run, while Kaneko recorded 3 hit 2 RBI including Home Run.

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O ●Shotaro Kasahara -Katsuki Matayoshi
Raku ○ Wataru Karashima- Contreras -Takuma Makazawa-Chiharu Tanaka

Text by Kanako Fukushima

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