On August 23, in the 12th round of the farm regular season against Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Chiba Lotte Marines at The Fighters Kamagaya Stadium, Chiba Lotte Marines win 14-5.

The lineup took the lead in the first inning with Yuya Sakurai hit a timely hit, giving the team two leads. In the top of the second, they hit two sacrifice fly from three consecutive hits, and in the third, Ryusei Miyazaki added another run with his second solo homer. Although the lead was cut to just one run, in the top of the fifth, Sakurai, Shingo Ishikawa, Miyazaki, and Yuta Kaneda each hit four RBI hits, bringing the score to four runs in one go. In the top of the sixth and eighth innings, Yu Tatematsu hit two consecutive RBI hits, making the series 12-4.

Starters and Ryotaro Mori pitcher pitched 2.1 innings, pitched 56 pitches, 3 hit 3 Walk, 4 runs (earned runs 1). From the middle of the 3rd inning, Kosuke Nagashima pitcher pitched 2.2 inning to 1 hit runs, and Yuji Nishino pitcher connected with 2 inning runs. Although Riku Kikuchi pitcher gave up one run in the bottom of the eighth, the lineup added two more runs with four consecutive hits in the top of the ninth. Finally, Yusuke Azuma pitcher closed the game.

The Chiba Lotte Marines of 20 hit 14 runs was dominated by Tatematsu and Miyazaki, who had 3 hit and 3 RBI. They ended their losing streak at 4. The defeated Hokkaido Nippon-Ham had starters Leo Shibata 68 pitches over 3 innings, 6 hit, 2 walks, Hit by Pitch 5 runs. The bullpen also had runs overlapping, resulting in a heavy defeat.

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Mori Ryotaro Mori- ○ Kosuke Nagashima-Yuji Nishino-Riku Kikuchi-Yusuke Azuma
Japan: Leo Shibata-Ryodai Matsumoto-Koki Matsuoka-Seigi Tanaka-Junki Shibuya-Takahide Ikeda

Written by Kai Nagi Niwa

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