On 22 April, in the fourth round match between Hokkaido Nippon-Ham and Tohoku Rakuten in ES CON FIELD, Tohoku Rakuten extended their winning streak to "3" with a score of 4-2.

Tohoku Rakuten starter Masaru Fujii pitcher opened the scoring in the bottom of the second inning with a solo shot by Yuya Gunji. However, he retired three batters in the bottom of the third and fourth innings, and in the bottom of the fifth, he allowed a runner with two outs and a hit out, but struck out the next two batters.

The batting line continued to struggle, creating good opportunities in front of the opponent's starter, Hiromi Ito pitcher, but not being able to convert them into runs. Still, in the top of the fifth, back-to-back singles by Daisuke Nakashima and Hiroto Kobukata put runners on second and third with one out, and Hideto Asamura 's sacrifice fly tied the game.

However, in the bottom of the sixth, pitcher Fujii hit a solo shot by leadoff Chusei Mannami No. 5, and in the bottom of the seventh, Gunji and Torai Fushimi hit were removed from the game with one out and runners on first and second. Here, Ryuta Konno pitcher were able to finish off two consecutive struck out runners up and no points were scored.

In the top of the eighth inning, with the team trailing by one run again, Asamura's No. 3 solo shot sent the game back to square one, and Franco followed with a No. 1 solo shot to complete the comeback. With one out and the bases loaded, Yukiya Ito scored one run on an error on a batted ball. They scored three runs in the inning to make the score 4-2.

In the bottom of the eighth, Naoto Nishiguchi pitcher tied the game with no runs, and in the bottom of the ninth, it was Shoma Fujihira pitcher to mound. With two outs, he allowed hit, but ended the game by striking out Chusei Mannami on a grounder. Tohoku Rakuten win 4-2 with starter pitcher Fujii allowing 6.1 innings hit 2 Walk 5 strike out 2 runs The relievers also combined for a no-runs of innings and brought in win. Asamura has reached the 300th Home Run in total.

In the loss, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham starter Hiromi Ito pitcher threw 105 pitches in seven innings hit 53 walks Hit by Pitch 9 strike out 1 runs but Toshihiro Sugiura pitcher was slumped in the second. Manha, Gunji, and Torai Fushimi were the two hit hitters.

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Rakuten Masaru Fujii- ○ Ryuta Konno-Naoto Nishiguchi- S Shoma Fujihira
Japan Hiromi Ito-Toshihiro Sugiura-Tsubasa Namatame-Taisei Yanagawa

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