◇ Saitama Seibu Lions vs. Tohoku Rakuten Eagles 21st Round (29th, Belluna Dome)

Tohoku Rakuten Eagles 's Takahisa Hayakawa pitcher pitched an impressive 1-runs inning in 8 innings.

In the first inning, he gave up the lead with a solo homer of leadoff player Canario's 13th, but from the second inning onward, he improved mainly by allowing pitch to score, and delivered a brilliant performance by retiring all three batters in a row of six inning. In the bottom of the eighth, with two outs, he gave up a hit from Natsuo Takizawa but closer the followers to fly out to left.

Although the lineup lost shutout game and missed out on a seventh win, pitcher Hayakawa recorded his first complete game of the season Hit by Pitch four consecutive HQS games with 109 pitches, 3 hit no walks 3 strike out 1 runs. In August, he started 5 games, pitched 36 innings, and posted a strong ERA of 1.50.

Text by Aoi Nemoto