On February 11th, the practice match between Hokkaido Nippon-Ham and Tohoku Rakuten Eagles at Enagic Stadium Nago ended in a 3-3 draw.

Hokkaido Nippon-Ham took the lead in the bottom of the second inning on a Home Run by Kotaro Kiyomiya. In the bottom of the 6th inning, Walk added two runs from first base with no outs, and consecutive hits by Kota Yazawa and Kengo Yoshida. Starter Shoma Kanemura pitcher pitched 2 innings and went 1 hit 1 Walk. After that, Tamon Asari pitcher in the top of the 4th inning and Koji Fukutani pitcher in the top of the 6th inning closer a three-way retirement, and connected with no runs until the 7th inning.

In the top of the eighth, Ryodai Matsumoto pitcher allowed Kohiro Komori to infield hit in the seventh, and Daiki Irie lost one run on a timely doble from second base with two outs. In the top of the ninth, Taisei Yanagawa pitcher was hit by consecutive timely hits by Atsuki Muto and Kei Mizukami, and the game started at the beginning. In the bottom of the ninth, the game ended with a three-way retirement before Naoki Hihata pitcher, and the game ended 3-3.

In the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham, Ryota Isobata player marked 2 hit 1 stolen base, and the new helper, Castro, showed off his nimble movements in the defense. In addition, Daiki Kikuchi, who transferred from The Giants, pitcher allowed runner with Walk from two outs, but calmly closer the follow-up to a grounder.

Tohoku Rakuten Eagles lost one run in the Home Run when starter Tatsuki Koja pitcher scored two runs, but they combined the two innings with 2 hit no walks Hit by Pitch 2 strike out and were in second place Uchi Seiryu pitcher also showed good pitching in two innings, 1 hit no walks Hit by Pitch 2 strike out no runs. In the batting lineup, Atsuki Muto has hit 2 hit 1 RBI.

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Tatsuki Koja Uchi Seiryu Seiya Ouchi-Katsutoshi Tai-Haruto Nakagomi-Naoki Hihata
Shoma Kanemura, Daiki Kikuchi, Tamon Asari Haruki Haruki Miyauchi, Koji Fukutani, Ryusei Kawano, Ryodai Matsumoto Matsumoto, and Taisei Yanagawa

Written by Yokazu Sonoda

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