On March 8th, the open match between Tohoku Rakuten Eagles and Yokohama DeNA held at Shizuoka Kusanagi Stadium ended in a 0-0 draw.
Tohoku Rakuten Eagles started by Ureña pitcher. In the first and top of the second inning, he carried runner in scoring position, but he closed the key points with the pitch to hit and closer to runs. From the top of the 3rd inning, he hit 2 inning in a row with 3 outs, and in the top of the 5th inning with 2 outs and 2 bases, he finished off the follow-up with a ground ball and escaped the pinch.
The batting line they wanted to support was in a difficult situation, suffering 9 struck out by the 4th inning in front of the opponent's starter Yutaro Ishida pitcher. After the 5th inning, when the opponent's pitcher team entered the relay pitch, they advanced runner into scoring position for two consecutive inning, but no more runs were scored. The bottom of the 7th and 8th innings both ended in a three-way retirement.
The relievers allowed Chiharu Tanaka pitcher, Sora Suzuki pitcher, and Masaya Nishigaki pitcher to get on base, but closer runs 1 inning. In the top of the ninth, Masahiro Ehara pitcher in the fifth place made it to second base with one out, and switched to Daichi Shibata pitcher after taking two outs. He finished off Atsushi Katsumata with a mid-fly and responded to the appointment.
In the bottom of the ninth inning, when both teams faced scoreless, the game ended as it was with a three-way retirement. Starter Ureña pitcher pitched 5 innings with 3 hit no Hit by Pitch walks and 3 strike out runs pitches in 5 innings. 3rd place Sora Suzuki pitcher has no runs in 3 consecutive open games, and it is said that he is returning from yellow ligament ossification.
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Yutaro Ishida - Takita Miyagi - Yuya Sakamoto - Torahiro Nakagawa - Mitsuki Yoshino - Sosuke Baba
Raku Ureña -Sora Suzuki Chiharu Tanaka- Suzuki Shota -Masaya Nishigaki-Masahiro Ehara-Daichi Shibata
Written by Ao Yokoyama
Despite strong performances from pitcher Ureña and Sora Suzuki, the team ended up in a scoreless draw.
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