On April 23, in the sixth round between Hokkaido Nippon-Ham and Tohoku Rakuten Eagles held in ES CON FIELD, Tohoku Rakuten Eagles win 3-2.

Tohoku Rakuten Eagles 's starting pitcher was Ryota Takinaka pitcher. He allowed the opponent to hit through two innings and pitch to score, holding the opposing lineup hit free. In the bottom of the third, despite giving up hit to leadoff pitchers, Hikaru Ito stopped stolen base and runs. However, just after taking the lead, he gave up a game-tying RBI single in the bottom of the fourth, and in the bottom of the sixth, he gave up another run with a timely doble.

In the top of the fourth inning, the lineup took the lead with two outs and runners on first and second with Ryosuke Tatsumi and Fumiya Kurokawa hit, and a timely hit by Yukiya Ito. In the top of the sixth inning, with the score tied, Hideto Asamura hit hit and put runners on second with one out, but Kurokawa hit a timely hit to put the team in the lead. With one out and bases loaded, Hikaru Ito scored his third run with a timely hit.

In the bottom of the seventh, with the score tied 3-2, the third pitcher Sora Suzuki pitcher put two outs and runners on first and third, causing a crisis, but managed to get Reyes out to second base and runs the ball. In the bottom of the eighth, Masaya Nishigaki pitcher got Taiki Narama out to center with two outs and a runner on third. In the bottom of the ninth, with the team leading by one run, Shoma Fujihira pitcher retired all three batters in order, ending the game.

For the win Tohoku Rakuten Eagles, starting pitcher pitcher Takinaka earned his second win of the season with 76 pitches over 5.1 innings, 6 hit, 1 Walk, 1 strike out, and 2 runs. In the lineup, Kurokawa recorded his first 3-hit 1 RBI of the season, and Yutaka Ito recorded 2 hit 1 RBI, including the leadoff single, ending a four-game losing streak.

On the other hand, the losing Hokkaido Nippon-Ham started Ren Fukushima pitcher 5.1 innings, throwing 106 pitches 8 hit 3 Walk 3 strike out 3 runs, ending his winning streak of 6 games that had been in place since 2024. The lineup managed only 2 runs for 9 hit, with Haruki Nishikawa players hitting 3 hit and Kotaro Kiyomiya players hitting 2 hit.

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Raku ○ Ryota Takinaka-Daichi Shibata-Sora Suzuki-Masaya Nishigaki- S Shoma Fujihira
Japan ● Ren Fukushima-Tsubasa Namatame-Kenta Uehara-Koji Fukutani-Jay Ohkawa-Yukiya Saito

Written by Ao Yokoyama