On 20 March, the Chiba Lotte and Oisix Niigata Eastern League regular season in Lotte Urawa Baseball Stadium saw Chiba Lotte win 4-2 in the second round.

Chiba Lotte starter Ayumu Ishikawa pitcher conceded the first goal in the first inning due to an error by his teammates. He hit a solo Home Run in the top of the third inning, but then closer the bases loaded with runner and exited the game in the fifth inning with a 5 hit 24 Hit by Pitch 2 runs (earned runs 1).

The offense tied the game in the bottom of the first inning on Daito Yamamoto 's solo shot in the first inning. In the bottom of the second inning, Raito Ikeda hit a game-winning solo homer, and Konoshin Tomiyama, Atsuki Tomosugi and Shingo Ishikawa hit back-to-back singles to make it bases loaded and then scored on a Walk walk. Yamamoto followed with his second solo shot of the game in the bottom of the fourth to make the score 4-2.

In the top of the sixth, Hirokazu Sawamura pitcher retired three batters, including two struck out. Starting in the seventh inning, Shunsuke Nakamori pitcher tied the inning with no hit and went mound in the top of the ninth. With one out, he made an error to load the runner, but he struck out the next batter to end the game. Yamamoto had three RBI, including two Home Run. Koki Yamaguchi and Ikeda also recorded 2 hit.

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O: Shotaro Kasahara - Hideo Nanba - Keisuke Kobayashi - Riku Nishimura
○ Ayumu Ishikawa-Hirokazu Sawamura- S Shunsuke Nakamori

Text by Minami Niwa

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