Tohoku Rakuten Eagles 's starter, Tatsuki Koja pitcher, gave up a leadoff hitter homer on the first pitch to Koki Yamaguchi in the first inning, giving up the lead. However, he showed a calm pitch by retiring all three batters in three consecutive inning. In the bottom of the fifth, he put in a no-out bases loaded crisis with a series of hits and Walk, but retired the next pitchers with struck out and double play.

In the top of the third, with consecutive extra-base and short hits by Daisuke Nakashima and Rui Muneyama, they came out with runners on second and third and no outs, and McCuscar hit a sacrifice fly to tie the game. With two outs and a runner on second, Ryosuke Tatsumi hit a timely hit to put the team in the lead. In the top of the fourth, Nakajima hit a sacrifice fly, and in the top of the sixth, Muneyama hit his seventh solo homer to add another run.

Kosa pitcher, receiving run runs, continued his strong pitching by reti closer ring all three in order in the sixth and seventh innings. Then, in the top of the eighth, Fumiya Kurokawa hit his fourth solo homer, bringing the score to 5-1. In the bottom of the ninth, Kosa pitcher was forced out of the mound with two outs and bases loaded in hit three. However, Shoma Fujihira pitcher came in to closer the next pitch with just one pitch, ending the game.

For the win Tohoku Rakuten Eagles, starting pitcher pitcher Kosa pitched 8.2 innings with 109 pitches, 8 hit, 1 Walk, 9 strike out 1 runs, earning their first win in four months since May 16. In the lineup, Muneyama recorded 3 hit 1 RBI and Tatsumi 2 hit 1 RBI, totaling 12 hit 5 runs, and the team achieved three consecutive wins for the first time in two months.

On the other hand, Chiba Lotte Marines faced two bases loaded situations but failed to capitalize on his opportunities. Notably, Genki Ishigaki pitcher, making his professional debut and first start, recorded one inning with no hit Walk 1 struck out runs.

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

E ○Tatsuki Koja-SShoma Fujihira
M Genki Ishigaki-●Ryotaro Mori-Hayate Miyazaki-Fumiya Ono-Akira Yagi-Naoya Masuda-Keisuke Sawada

Text by Tenmichi Shinae