In the "22 th Phoenix League" held at Miyakonojo Sports Park ball park on October 17, Saitama Seibu beat Chiba Lotte Marines 8-4, and Chiba Lotte Marines beat win.

In the top of the fourth inning, Chiba Lotte Marines opened the scoring with a timely hit from Raito Ikeda after Daito Yamamoto got on base at doble. The following Koki Yamaguchi carried two runs into the left field stands for the second game in a row. He continued to open up opportunities with consecutive hits and made it 6-0 with consecutive timely hits by Koshiro Wada and Naonori Yasuda.

No outs in the top of the sixth inning. Seventh run between bases loaded and double play. In the top of the eighth inning, Takano Koumi hit a solo arch.

Starting pitching, Tokito Kawamura pitcher pitched well from the start every time strike out pitched. They came back in the bottom of the fifth inning, but it was 2 runs in the fifth inning and 9 strike out each time. Second Riku Kikuchi pitcher were good relievers with no runs twice. Third-placed Rikima Ichijo pitcher made two runs but Atsuya Hirohata pitcher won the last innings without runs.

Saitama Seibu lost to starting pitcher Hibiki Shinohara pitcher in the fourth inning to score 7 runs in the sixth inning. The lineup scored two runs in the bottom of the fifth on timely hits by Haruki Tatsuyama and Shinya Hasegawa. In the bottom of the eighth inning, Yuta Nakamikawa made timely hits to close the gap to four runs.

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Ro 000601010 8
West 000020020 4

Ro Tokito Kawamura-Riku Kikuchi-Rikima Ichijo-Atsuya Hirohata
Hibiki Hibiki Shinohara- Sinclair -Shota Kise-Masaya Kuroda

Text by Ayako Kikuchi

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