◇ Chiba Lotte vs Tohoku Rakuten 7th Round (5th, Zozo Marine Stadium)

Tohoku Rakuten 's Naoto Nishiguchi pitcher recorded a 10-game streak without a runs since the start of the season.

Trailing 2-1 in the bottom of the eighth inning, he entered the game in the fifth and struck out the leadoff Yudai Fujioka batter to end the inning. Soto followed with back-to-back Walk to Katsuya Kakunaka, but missed Eito Takabe, who had two hit on the day, to end the struck out. A wild pitch put runners on first and third with two outs, but he ended the inning with a struck out Toshiya Sato strikeout to end the inning.

pitcher Nishiguchi underwent Tommy John surgery in September 2023 and had just one regular season last season. After making the starting lineup this season, he has been on the mound as a winning pattern, going runs seven games without a hold (tied for fourth) in nine straight games.

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