On March 21, The Fighters regular season Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Hokkaido Nippon-Ham vs. Tokyo Yakult first round at Kamagaya Stadium, lost 1-5.

Hokkaido Nippon-Ham starter Yi-Lei Sun pitcher made an impressive start with a three-way struck out in the first inning. However, in the top of the second inning, he was hit at the right time and allowed the first run, and in the top of the third inning, there was an error by his teammates and an additional run was conceded. In a situation with two outs and second base, he switched to Koki Matsuoka pitcher, but was hit by Eigoro Motegi at the right time.

From the 4th inning, Junki Shibuya pitcher pitched well with no hit pitch in 2 inning, but in the top of the 6th inning, Leo Shibata gave up Walk from 2 outs and allowed a timely doble to make the score 0-4. Daiki Shimizu pitcher also gave up one run in the top of the seventh.

On the other hand, the batting line was in a difficult situation, allowing the opponent's pitcher to complete pitch until the 5th inning. In the bottom of the 6th inning, Kazuki Miyazaki hit the first solo, but from the 7th inning, he fell to a three-way retirement for the second inning in a row. In the bottom of the ninth inning with a four-run deficit, the attack ended with three players.

Hokkaido Nippon-Ham, who lost, was the first actual game appearance of starter Yi-Lei Sun pitcher since rejoining the team, and it was 2.2 innings of 64 pitches 3 hit 1 Walk 3 strike out 3 runs (earned runs 2).

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Ya: Keiji Takahashi - ○ Shunsuke Shimokawa - Haruki Omichi - Ryuto Iida - Shota Maruyama - Taichi Ishiyama
Japan ● Yi-Lei Sun-Koki Matsuoka-Junki Shibuya-Leo Shibata-Daiki Shimizu-Toshihiro Sugiura

Written by Ao Yokoyama

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