On 18 March, Eastern League regular season Chiba Lotte vs. Oisix Niigata in Lotte Urawa Baseball Stadium was win 3-2 by Chiba Lotte.
Chiba Lotte starter Yuki Karakawa pitcher loaded the bases with two outs in the first inning and scored on an RBI single by Shun Takayama on an RBI doble. From then on, he carried inning runner on his back and did not allow runs, but was removed in the top of the fourth inning with the bases loaded with one out and sacrifice bunt on hit and . He was replaced by Yuto Yoshikawa pitcher, who was pinch-hit with two outs and one out in the Walk with the bases loaded, but he struck out the next two batters to get out of the jam with no runs.
In the bottom of the fourth inning, Daito Yamamoto 's doble and Kenta Chatani 's Walk put runners on first and second with one out, and with two outs, Shota Ueda 's RBI single tied the game. In the bottom of the seventh, Shingo Ishikawa and Yamamoto hit with one out and runners on first and third base, and Koki Yamaguchi 's RBI single scored the winning run.
However, in the top of the eighth inning, Oto Hayasaka pitcher, the third baseman, hit three consecutive singles to tie the game. In the top of the ninth, Atsuya Hirohata pitcher allowed back-to-back singles with two outs, but he struck out the next two batters on a infield grounder to win. In the bottom of the ninth inning, after a hit by Kyota Fujiwara, Walk by Shingo Ishikawa, and intentional walk by Yamamoto put on a one-out bases loaded opportunity, Yamaguchi opted for a walk-off Walk on the eighth pitch to end the game 3-2.
Chiba Lotte win won their home opener on Eastern League with win. Starter Karakawa pitcher allowed 61 pitches in 3.1 innings hit Hit by Pitch 4 strike out 1 runs. pitcher Yoshikawa threw 38 pitches in 3.2 innings hit 1 Walk 1 strike out runs. Shin Ishikawa scored 3 hit.
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O Kazuki Yabuta - Shuta Hiwatari - Tomoya Mikami - Tomoki Uemura
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Text by Aoi Nishijima
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