On April 12th, the fifth game between Tohoku Rakuten Eagles and Orix Buffaloes was held at Rakuten Eagles Mobile's strongest park, Miyagi, with Tohoku Rakuten Eagles win 4-0.

Tohoku Rakuten Eagles 's starter, Ryota Takinaka pitcher, showed good pitching from the start, retiring the first inning with three outs and taking two consecutive struck out in the top of the second inning. In the top of the 3rd inning, he allowed Walk to the leading Tomoya Mori player, but closed the opponent's batting line to no hit until the 4th inning. On the other hand, in the bottom of the 5th inning, the leading player Daisuke Nakashima hit a doble to create a chance, and the Yuya Ogo player succeeded in taking the lead with a timely hit.

pitcher Takinaka, who received support, finished the top of the 6th inning with a three-way retirement, but left the mound in the top of the 7th inning after allowing doble to Ryo Ota players with one out. Chiharu Tanaka pitcher who took over the pinch survived. In the bottom of the 8th inning, the batting line scored an additional run with Ryosuke Tatsumi 's No. 1 and 2 runs, and when Fumiya Kurokawa and Itsuki Murabayashi players still got a good chance to get a chance to first and third base, the opponent's pitcher balk made it 4-0.

In the top of the ninth, Shoma Fujihira pitcher closer to runs, and the game ended. Tohoku Rakuten Eagles, which win, was pitcher Takinaka pitching 6.1 innings, 86 pitches, 2 hit 1 Walk 3 strike out runs for the first time this season with a good win. The relief team also won consecutive victories in closer and shutout game relays, respectively, with no runs. The batting line was 2 hit Kogo including timely hits, and Kurokawa also recorded 2 hit.

After suffering consecutive losses, Orix Buffaloes made the game with 81 pitches in 6 innings, 4 hit 3 Walk 3 strike out 1 runs without starter Jerry pitcher win. Even though Mori got on base 2 hit 3, the entire batting line ended up scoreless for 3 hit.

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O●Jerry-Yamazaki Soichiro-Seiryu Kotajima-Nobuyoshi Yamada
Raku ○ Ryota Takinaka-Chiharu Tanaka-Masaya Nishigaki-Shoma Fujihira

Written by Shinei Tradition