On April 21, in the fourth round of the Farm regular season against Chiba Lotte Marines in Shinrindori Stadium Izumi, To Rakuten Eagles hoku Rakuten Eagles won decisively 13-0.

Tohoku Rakuten Eagles 's starting pitcher was Kenta Maeda pitcher, marking his first appearance since the first-team game on the 7th. He got off to a smooth start, retiring all three batters in order in the first inning. In the top of the 3rd, with two outs, he took runner for the first time with Walk and infield hit, but got through with no runs. In the top of the fourth and fifth innings, he allowed the leadoff hitter to reach base but closer the next step, pitching 60 pitches in five innings, pitching 2 hit, 2 Walk, 3 strike out no runs.

The lineup exploded from the very first inning. With leadoff hitter Shoya Sakagami hitting hit and consecutive Walk, they had bases loaded chances, and with one out, Gonzalez hit a two-run single to take the lead. Furthermore, with three consecutive shots from Daiki Irie, Akira Shigenaga, and Po Hsiang Yang, they took a 5-0 lead.

In the bottom of the second, consecutive RBI hits by Irie and Shigenaga added two more runs, and in the bottom of the third, Kengo Horiuchi hit a timely single. He continued to slow down and scored 5 runs in the bottom of the 4th. Developmental rookie Kyosuke Kaneko hit his third three-run homer, marking the team's second double-digit run of the season.

For the Tohoku Rakuten Eagles that won convincingly, six players excelled in multi-hit games, including Yo with 3 hit 3 RBI, Gonzalez with 3 hit 2 RBI, and Horiuchi and Irie with 2 hit 2 RBI. After Ken Maeda's pitcher, the second pitcher, Haruto Sakai pitcher, threw 4 innings without runs. shutout game Chiba Lotte Marines suffered a loss and suffered three consecutive defeats. The starting Ryota Nakamura pitcher faltered in 4 innings with 15 hit 5 Walk 3 strike out 13 runs.

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● Ryota Nakamura-Yusuke Azuma-Fumiya Ono-Atsuya Hirohata
Rakugo ○ Kenta Maeda- S Haruto Sakai

Text by Ayako Kikuchi

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