Chiba Lotte Marines' Lucchesi earns his first win in Japan with a scoreless performance into the 8th inning! A no-hit pitch until the 7th.

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Chiba Lotte Marines pitcher Lucchesi (c) Persol Pacific League TV
Chiba Lotte Marines pitcher Lucchesi (c) Persol Pacific League TV

On September 6, in the 23rd round between Orix Buffaloes and Chiba Lotte Marines held in Kyocera Dome Osaka, Chiba Lotte Marines win 3-0.

Chiba Lotte Marines took the lead in the top of the second inning with Kota Inoue 's fourth solo homer. In the top of the fourth, Ryusei Terachi, Toshiya Sato, and Kyota Fujiwara added another run with triple hits. Then, in the top of the fifth, with one out and runners on second, Misho Nishikawa hit a timely single to score the third run.

Starting pitcher Lucesy pitcher started the first inning by scoring two consecutive struck out from the leadoff pitchers. In the bottom of the second, with three Walk, he faced a one-out-bases loaded crisis but held runs the game without a and continued the runs pitch hit through the seventh inning. He came up to the mound in the bottom of the eighth but gave up his first hit to the leadoff Yusuke Mugitani and was taken out. The Shota Suzuki pitcher took hit but managed to get through with double play. In the bottom of the ninth, Rikuto Yokoyama pitcher closer runs and the game ended.

For win Chiba Lotte Marines, Lucci pitcher, who started for the second time in Japan, recorded his first win with 1 hit 4 Walk no runs in the middle of the 8th inning. On the other hand, Orix Buffaloes started Ryuhei Sotani pitcher 5 innings, 6 hit, 3 walks, Hit by Pitch 3 runs. The lineup was limited to just 3 hit, and they failed to achieve a three-game winning streak against the same series.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Total
M 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3
B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

M ○Lucchesi-Shota Suzuki-S Rikuto Yokoyama
B ●Ryuhei Sotani-Daiki Tajima-Ryusei Gonda-Seiryu Kotajima-Raiku Katayama

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Chiba Lotte Marines' Lucchesi earns his first win in Japan with a scoreless performance into the 8th inning! A no-hit pitch until the 7th.