◇Tohoku Rakuten Eagles vs Saitama Seibu Lions Game 5 (26th, Rakuten Eagles Mobile Strongest Park Miyagi)

Tohoku Rakuten Eagles 's Takahisa Hayakawa pitcher went 8 innings with 5 Hit by Pitch hit walks and 9 strike out runs. Kaima Taira fought pitcher against pitcher.

Hayakawa pitcher, who is in good form with two consecutive HQS records, hit the first inning with a three-way retirement, including two consecutive struck out, and took two struck out in the top of the second inning. In the top of the 3rd inning, with hit and sacrifice bunt, he carried runner in scoring position with 1 out and 2nd base, but he closed the key point with a pitch to hit and take it.

In the top of the 4th inning, Hayakawa pitcher showed a good tempo with only 8 pitches and a 3-way retirement. Although he was hit consecutively from two outs in the top of the 5th inning, he finished off the Natsuo Takizawa player with a ground ball. In the top of the 6th and 7th innings, he showed a calm pitch, and in the top of the 8th inning, he hit pinch hitter Takumi Kuriyama with two grounders and Taiga Kojima to right from third base with one out, and lined up "0" on the scoreboard.

Hayakawa pitcher started in the second team due to the influence of left shoulder surgery he underwent in late September last year. Still, since the first appearance of the season on the 11th, Orix Buffaloes, he has achieved good results with 1 win and 0 losses in 3 games and a ERA of 1.23. I want to maintain my good form and support the team as a pillar of the rotation.

Text: Aoi Yokoyama