On May 10, the seventh round match between Hokkaido Nippon-Ham and Tohoku Rakuten was played in ES CON FIELD, and Hokkaido Nippon-Ham won the game 8-7.

Hokkaido Nippon-Ham opened the scoring in the bottom of the first inning with two outs on Reyes hit a solo shot in the seventh. In the bottom of the second inning, Kotaro Kiyomiya led off the inning with a Walk single, and Chusei Mannami followed with a league-leading two-run shot in the eighth.

The starter, Takayuki Kato pitcher, allowed hit in each of the three innings until the third inning, but closed out the pitch. However, in the top of the fourth, timely hits by Franco and Kengo Horiuchi closed the gap to one run. With two outs and bases loaded, Itsuki Murabayashi allowed a run on No. 2 bases loaded to end the inning, and he exited the game after 72 pitches hit seven innings Walk 3 strike out 6 runs on 72 pitches.

However, in the bottom of the fourth, Yuya Gunji 's Walk and Kazunari Ishii 's hit put runners on first and second with two outs, and Ryota Isobata 's RBI single scored one run. In the bottom of the fifth, Yuki Nomura 's hit and Reyes and Sachi Kiyomiya's Walk gave the Yankees a bases loaded with no outs, and Manha hit a No. 9 bases loaded to complete the comeback.

The relievers tied the top of the fifth inning with Takumi Yamamoto pitcher on a runs groundout, but gave up one run in the top of the sixth on a infield grounder by Yukiya Saito pitcher. But with two outs and the bases loaded, Nao Miyanishi pitcher got the bases loaded to struck out to preserve the lead. Starting in the seventh inning, Takahide Ikeda pitcher and Ryusei Kawano pitcher each retired three inning and closer the final inning, and Seigi Tanaka pitcher loaded the top of the ninth with one out and bases loaded. He struck out the next two batters to end the game with an 8-7 lead.

win Hokkaido Nippon-Ham held on to the lead with a strong pitching performance by the relievers to halt the momentum of the opponent. Manha went 6 RBI with 2 Home Run and Ishii hit 3 hit for the second straight game. He won the Roosevelt game and extended his winning streak to three.

On the other hand, Tohoku Rakuten struggled with a total of 11 hit 7 runs, including a bases loaded by Murabayashi, but starter Tatsuki Koja pitcher hit 2 Walk 4 strike out 3 runs on 51 pitches in 3 innings. Tomotaka Matsui pitcher couldn't stop the momentum of the opposing bats with 5 runs in the second inning, snapping a three-game losing streak.

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Easy 000601000 7
Sun 12014000X 8

Tatsuki Koja Tomotaka Matsui Tomohi Matsui-Masaya Nishigaki-Ren Kajiya-Sora Suzuki
Takayuki Kato- Takumi Takumi Yamamoto-Yukiya Saito-Nao Miyanishi-Takahide Ikeda-Ryusei Kawano-Seigi Tanaka

Text by Rihoko Niwa

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