On July 31, the 12th round match between Farm regular season Saitama Seibu Lions and Hayate Shizuoka held in CAR3219 Field ended in a draw of 8-8.

In the bottom of the second, the lineup took the lead with a timely triple by player Shun Akiyama. Then, Ginjiro Sumitani's sacrifice fly and Rakuto Wakabayashi's RBI hit scored, bringing the score to 4-0. They continued to slow down, adding more runs in the bottom of the third with Yuta Nakazo's 14th two-run homer, and in the bottom of the fourth, Takayoshi Yamamura hit a timely triple. In the bottom of the fifth, Wakabayashi hit his second RBI hit, scoring eight runs in the first half.

Starting pitcher Winnans pitcher retired all three batters in the top of the first inning, and had no runs in the top of the second. In the top of the third, although he gave Walk to the leadoff hitter, he finished with only three batters in double play, and after 3 innings with 40 pitches, 1 hit, 1 Walk, 2 strike out, no runs, he retired mound. Ryota Itokawa pitcher came in from the 4th inning and scored runner in scoring position each time, but connected the 2-inning with no runs.

In the top of the sixth, Gonzalez pitcher gave up two Walk and hit, putting the bases loaded in a no-outs jam, and gave up three runs on two RBI hits. In the top of the seventh, Taisei Miyazawa pitcher gave up a three-run homer to Kyosuke Noguchi, and in the eighth, Masaya Kuroda pitcher hit three consecutive hits to runs the game. With the lead narrowed to one run, in the top of the ninth, Yuta Kuroki pitcher tied the game with a RBI single from two outs and a runner on first. In the bottom of the ninth, the lineup retired all three batters in order, ending the game 8-8.

Saitama Seibu Lions returned to the team after two years from a The Giants trade, with Wakabayashi batting left fielder and recording 3 hit 2 RBI. They launched a fierce offensive with a total of 10 hit 8 runs through the 5th inning, but from the 6th onward they went hit, and the reliever lineup during that period couldn't hold onto the lead.

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H. Shotaro Horie - Heitaro Hayashi - Shuichi Ochiai - Yuki Sato - Wataru Oishi
Nishi Wynans -Ryota Itokawa- Gonzalez -Taisei Miyazawa-Masaya Kuroda-Yuta Kuroki

Written by Riyoko Niwa

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