◆ Pacific League Nippon-Ham 8-2 Rakuten (9th, Rakuten Mobile)

Rakuten lost to Nippon-Ham 2-8, suffering their first consecutive losses of the season. Starting Wataru Karashima gave up 8 hit 4 runs in 4 1/3 innings before being taken off the mound. This was the same as the game against Orix on March 30th, when he gave up 7 hit 3 runs and left the mound in the middle of the 2nd inning, and he was replaced before the 5th inning.

With two outs in the second inning, he gave up a solo Home Run to Mannami over center field to score the first run. With the score tied at 1-1 in the fifth inning, with one out and doble runner base, Yoshida and Reyes hit consecutive doubles to give the lead, and he was forced to leave the game after giving up an RBI single to center field by Gunji. In the third inning, he was hit by a ball that hit his left foot, and he said, "I wanted to hang in there until the fifth inning, but I couldn't hang in there, and it's frustrating."

Last season, he did not pitch in the first team due to a left shoulder injury. He was aiming for his first win since the game against Softbank on July 8, 2011, but the result was disappointing.

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