◆Pacific League: Lotte vs. Rakuten Eagles (9th, ZOZO)
Rakuten Eagles pitcher Junior Marte gave up a bases loaded home run.
He took the mound in the seventh inning with the score tied. As the rain suddenly intensified, he faced a bases loaded crisis after giving up three walks and a Hit by Pitch, then surrendered a grand slam to Terachi over the left field wall. The foreign player, who had been on a streak of nine consecutive games without allowing any runs, crumbled and gave up the lead.
![[Video] What?! Rakuten Eagles players doing strength training during a game](https://hochi.news/images/2026/04/03/20260403-OHT1I51418-L.jpg)
![[Scoreboard] Lotte vs. Rakuten Eagles](https://hochi.news/assets/v2/img/hochi_news_sns.png)
![[Rakuten Eagles] Unable to protect a four-run lead... Kosei Shoji leaves the mound after giving up 4 runs in 6 innings. Fails to get the win but records 7 strikeouts, rising back to the top of the league with 148 strike outs this season.](https://hochi.news/images/2026/09/09/20260909-OHT1I51545-L.jpg)
![[Rakuten Eagles] Yuya Ogo and Fumiya Kurokawa return to the starting line-up to stop the losing streak; Kosei Shoji takes the mound as the starter aiming for his 8th win](https://hochi.news/images/2026/09/09/20260909-OHT1I51413-L.jpg)
![[Rakuten Eagles] Kenta Maeda regretted the runs in the 5th inning, saying 'it was a situation where I had to be the closer.' Despite a gritty performance of 2 runs over 6 innings, his 170th combined Japan-US win was put on hold.](https://hochi.news/images/2026/09/08/20260908-OHT1I51688-L.jpg)
![[Again this year! Let's connect at an overwhelmingly close distance] Today's Pacific League [October 23rd]](https://media.insight.pacificleague.com/webp/Y0vbzIA7tn7DIo4o8SozxRpEvBZj0MpwhcmdHCea.webp)
