On June 5, in the first round of the 'Nippon Life Central-Pacific League 2026' between Hanshin Tigers and Tohoku Rakuten Eagles held in Koshien, Tohoku Rakuten Eagles lost 1-8.

Tohoku Rakuten Eagles 's starter, Takayuki Kishi pitcher, retired all three ba closer tters in the bottom of the first inning, and in the second and third innings, allowed the leadoff hitter to reach base, and despite carrying runner in scoring position, he runs nothing. In the bottom of the fourth, he faced a bases loaded crisis with two outs and three Walk, but ultimately escaped with a swinging struck out. However, in the bottom of the fifth, with two outs and runners on first and second, Teruaki Sato made a timely doble, allowing two runs and taking the mound out after that inning.

From the bottom of the sixth, the pitching switched to Shota Watanabe pitcher, but they gave up two runs on timely hits by Keiyu Kumagai and Masahiro Tateishi. The lineup looking to fight back created a no-outs bases loaded opportunity with three consecutive hits from Ryuya Taira, Hideto Asamura, and Itsuki Murabayashi in the top of the 7th, and then scored one run with a timely hit by Fumiya Kurokawa.

However, in the bottom of the 7th, Tatsuki Ito pitcher made his professional debut but was put in a bases loaded crisis with no outs and with 2-Walk and hit, and a series of hits by Torai Fushimi and Kumagai gave the team four runs. Still, in the bottom of the eighth, where he advanced to mound by spanning innings, all three batters retired in order. The lineup aimed for a counterattack, but in the top of the ninth, before Kyoki Yuasa pitcher, all three batters retired in order, ending the game.

Tohoku Rakuten Eagles, who lost 1-8, saw their starter pitcher Kishi throw 102 pitches in 5 innings, throw 3 hit, 5 walks, Hit by Pitch 3 strike out, and 2 runs, suffering their second loss of the season. The batting lineup saw Taira and Murabayashi mark two hit but couldn't capitalize on these opportunities.

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Rakugo: Takayuki Takayuki Kishi, Shota Watanabe, Tatsuki Ito
God ○ Haruto Takahashi - Seishu Hata - Kyoko Yuasa

Written by Riyoko Niwa