On 23 March, the third round match between Western League regular season and Fukuoka Softbank and Kufu HAYATE Shizuoka was held at Tamahome Stadium Chikugo, where Fukuoka Softbank won 2-1 and win.

In the bottom of the first inning, the leadoff hitter Naoki Sato doble the first pitch to right field, and Kyogo Yamashita followed with an RBI single up the middle. After a scoreless second and third innings, Ryuta Hirose led off the inning with a hit to load the bases and added one more run on a wild pitch with stolen base and two wild pitches.

Starter Nao Higashihama pitcher got through the first inning with a leadoff hitter but no runs and was pinch-hit with two outs in the top of the second Yuto Kawamura The player made a good return to home plate from left field, and the inning was runs. In the third and fourth innings, it was closer with three outs. He continued to carry runner on his back, showing off his pitch of hitting and hitting, and went 6 hit 1 Walk 3 runs strike out in 6.2 innings on 99 pitches to get out of mound.

​Shunsuke Iwasaki pitcher, who took over in the top of the seventh inning, was removed from the game in the top of the eighth inning with one out and the bases loaded. He was replaced by Haruhiro Hamaguchi pitcher, who pinch-hit bases loaded on Walk and conceded one point on sacrifice fly. Still, in the top of the ninth inning, the game ended with a three-way tie closer. They managed to hold on to a small lead and win a close game. Naoki Sato players have played 3 hit. In addition, So Otomo scored his first hit in the regular season and Shoko scored his first stolen base in the regular season.

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H ● Hiroki Sato - Kenjiro Tanaka
So ○ Nao Higashihama-Shunsuke Iwasaki-S Haruhiro Hamaguchi

Text by Tatsumi Ota

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