On April 18, the second game between Hokkaido Nippon-Ham and Saitama Seibu Lions was played in ES CON FIELD, and Hokkaido Nippon-Ham win 5-3.

Hokkaido Nippon-Ham 's starter, Hiromi Ito pitcher, did not give up a run in the pitch to tighten the key points, even though there were situations where he carried the runner on his back until the 5th inning. However, in the top of the 6th inning, consecutive hits made it 1 out, 1st and 2nd base, and Takayoshi Yamamura allowed the first run with a 2-run timely hit. Still, in the following pinch with one out on first and second base, Canario was hit with double play hits and left the mound with 103 pitches and 8 hit walks in 6 innings, Hit by Pitch 4 strike out 2 runs.

In the bottom of the 6th inning, the batting line scored one run from 1st and 2nd base with no outs due to Yuya Gunji 's hit and an enemy error, and Taiki Narama 's timely infield hit. From the second out, pinch hitter Yushin Shimizu chose Walk and created a good opportunity for bases loaded, and Shun Mizutani player scored two runs at the right time, doble and Kotaro Kiyomiya player triple jumped out at the right time, and this inning was reversed with five runs in one fell swoop.

The relief team started in the seventh inning with Yukiya Saito pitcher and Seigi Tanaka pitcher each going on a inning run in a runs innings. In the top of the ninth inning, Taisei Yanagawa pitcher pushed Walk and lost one run, but in the end, Sosuke Genda The game ended with the player finishing off with 3 pitches struck out. Hokkaido Nippon-Ham, who win 5-3, was pitcher Ito's second win of the season. In the batting lineup, Mizutani and Kiyomiya are showing 2 hit 2 RBI.

On the other hand, Saitama Seibu Lions had pitcher Natsuki Takeuchi 5.0 innings, 104 pitches, 6 hit 2 Walk 4 strike out 3 runs (earned runs 0). In the bottom of the 6th inning, hitter left the game due to an accident that hit his foot.

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West 000002001 3
Sun 00000500X 5

West ● Natsuki Takeuchi-Ryota Itokawa-Shinnosuke Hada-Masaya Kuroda-S Yuta Nakamura
Sun ○ Hiromi Ito-Yukiya Saito-Seigi Tanaka-S Taisei Yanagawa

Text by Aoi Nishijima