On August 26, in the 7th round of the Farm regular season Saitama Seibu Lions vs. Tohoku Rakuten Eagles held in CAR3219 Field, Tohoku Rakuten Eagles came from behind to win 9-5.

Tohoku Rakuten Eagles started Kosei Koga pitcher in the first inning, and after giving up a go-ahead two-run homer to Shinya Hasegawa, they gave up their second solo home run to Shun Akiyama in the bottom of the second. In the bottom of the third, Koga pitcher was ejected on a dangerous pitch. After the Uchi Seiryu pitcher was left out, closer the inning and held out the runs in the bottom of the fourth.

Chased by three runs, Tohoku Rakuten Eagles scored one out with runners on first and third in the top of the fifth inning, Hit by Pitch, and hit, scoring a run while the opponent was holding off bad throw. With two outs and a runner on third, Yuya Kishimoto, Akira Shigenaga, and Shion Otsubo all made timely doble. In this inning, they scored four runs in one go and succeeded in taking the lead. However, in the bottom of the fifth, pitcher gave up a game-tying solo home run to Shuta Tonosaki, and the game went into the second half with a 4-4 lead.

In the top of the 7th, with one out, Shigenaga and Otsubo hit consecutive hits to runners on second and third, and Hideto Asamura hit a two-run single to take the lead 6-4. They gave up a run in the bottom of the inning, but added three more runs in the top of the 8th with Shigenaga's RBI hit.

Tohoku Rakuten Eagles scored late and held on to hold on. Shigenaga posted 4 hit 2 RBI, Otsubo 3 hit 2 RBI, and Asamura 1 hit 2 RBI.

Saitama Seibu Lions, who suffered a come-from-behind loss, saw Natsuo Takizawa return as leadoff hitter and second baseman to hit 3 At Bat 1. Hasegawa hit 2 hit 2 RBI including a single homer, and Tonosaki also RBI 2 hit 1.

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Rakugo Kosei Koga-Uchi Seiryu- ○ Sota Fujiwara Sota - Tsurusaki Taisei -Chia-Hao Sung-Chiharu Tanaka
Nishi: Wynans - Gonzalez - ● Masaya Kuroda- E. Ramirez -Yuta Nakamura

Text by Ayako Kikuchi

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