◆ Pacific League Lotte 3-9 Nippon-Ham (15th, ZOZO)
Lotte had a three-point lead by the fifth inning, but in the sixth inning, starting pitcher Taneichi gave up seven runs, allowing the opposing team to take the lead, resulting in their first four-game losing streak of the season. With five wins and eight losses, Lotte's deficit now stands at three, and their seventh consecutive loss against Nippon-Ham since last season.
After being overtaken in the sixth inning, the batting line-up was lackluster and failed to score any runs. The defense made three errors, making a total of 13 errors in 13 games this season, and the cracks in their defense are also obvious.
After the game, Manager Yoshii said, "It was Walk," pointing out that the reason for the loss was Walk that Taneichi gave to Yazawa with one out in the sixth inning. "It was a bit of a walk from there. home run hitter was coming from Walk, so I walked him and he hit a single, which put runner on base and created a situation where we could tie the game with one hit, so that Walk hurt. Errors after that are just baseball. He always plays defense, and I want him to play well, but things like that happen. I think it was pitcher who created the momentum," he said, analyzing the reason for the reversal.
In the match against Nippon-Ham on the 16th, where they will try to stop starting line-up from losing five games in a row, Tanaka will start, and Terachi will wear the catcher in the starting lineup. The manager said, "Teraji (Tanaka) is pitcher that I'm used to working with, so I think he'll be enthusiastic. He wants to win every day. I don't want to stop the losing streak or anything like that, but I hope everyone will do what they can."
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