On May 4, Saitama Seibu vs. Saitama Oisix Niigata 7th round match in Eastern League regular season Belluna Dome was win 9-5 by Saitama Seibu.

Saitama Seibu started Natsuki Takeuchi pitcher. After starting the first inning with three consecutive struck out, he continued to pitch well in the second inning. He held the opposing hitters to just two hit through five innings in a fast-paced pitch and exited mound after 2 hit no walk 3 strike out runs on 62 pitches.

In the bottom of the second inning, the Yankees reached on an error and hit by Takuya Hiruma and Yudai Furukawa to load the bases with no outs bases loaded. Sena Tsuge took advantage of the opportunity to bat and hit a grand slam count-0 single to left field to score the go-ahead run.

The relievers took the mound in the sixth inning with Katsunori Hirai pitcher. The sixth inning was closer runs, but the next seven innings were runs on a two-run third by Rei Asai. With the bases loaded and no outs, Takeru Sasaki pitcher took the mound and closed the gap to one run at sacrifice fly. In the eighth inning, Taisei Miyazawa pitcher gave up two runs to make it 5-4.

In the bottom of the eighth inning, Takayoshi Yamamura 's hit and Walk gave the Yankees a no-hitter bases loaded a chance. Tsuge hit a two-run RBI single to center fielder to complete the comeback. With runners on first and third with no outs, back-to-back RBI singles by Ryusei Sato and rookie Hiroto Saito added two more runs, and Reon Murata added an RBI single to make it 9-5.

In the ninth and final inning, Yuta Nakamura pitcher closed out the game with three consecutive struck out. Saitama Seibu exploded with a total of 11 hit 9 points, including 2 hit 6 RBI including a bases loaded by Tsuge. win In addition, Sosuke Genda, who returned to action from this match, has also been given a hit and is showing a good recovery.

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O Kazuki Yabuta - Ryota Imai - ●Jui Kobayashi - Riku Nishimura - Hayato Suzuki
Natsuki Takeuchi-Katsunori Hirai-Takeru Sasaki-Taisei Miyazawa-Yuta Nakamura

Text by Hiroki Yashima

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