On April 9th, the second round match between Saitama Seibu and Chiba Lotte was held at the Omiya Prefectural Stadium, with Saitama Seibu win 2-0.

In the first inning, Saitama Seibu 's leadoff hitter Shinya Hasegawa got on base with an infield hit, and Nevin 's doble put them on second and third with one out. No. 4 Takeya Nakamura then hit the leadoff hit, and the next batter Seiya Watanabe also broke his bat but hit an infield hit to short stop to give them a two-run lead.

Starting pitcher Shinya Sugai pitch a no hit through the third inning. Although he allowed hit to the first batter in the fourth and fifth innings, he retired the next three batters. He also gave up two Walk in the top of the sixth inning, closer kept the score at runs, and left the game after six innings with 86 pitches, two hit, three Walk, six strike out and no runs.

​Hiroshi Kaino pitcher in the top of the 7th inning, Wingenter in pitcher top of the 8th inning, and Kaima Taira took the mound in the top of the 9th inning. This was pitcher first save situation this season, but closer the game runs. Saitama Seibu managed to protect their two-run lead in the first inning, with Nakamura and Watanabe Satoshi both scoring two hit one RBI.

The losing team, Chiba Lotte, started with pitcher Yuji Nishino who gave up 6 hit 2 runs and 2 Hit by Pitch 6 innings, but the batting line only managed 2 hit. Yudai Fujioka got on base 3 times with 1 hit 2 Walk. He also showed a fine play in the first inning to stop the opponent's attack.

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B. Yuji Nishino-Fumiya Ono-Riku Kikuchi
West ○ Shinya Sugai-Hiroshi Kaino- Wingenter - S Kaima Taira

Text by Minami Niwa

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