On 13 April, the sixth round match between Tohoku Rakuten and Orix was played in Rakuten Mobile Park Miyagi, with Orix win 6-1.

With one out and bases loaded in the first inning, Yuma Tongu picked up a Walk to score the go-ahead run. With two outs and bases loaded Keita Nakagawa then hit an RBI single to add two more runs. In the top of the third inning, Yutaro Sugimoto extended the lead with a solo shot to left field in the leadoff spot. Nakagawa then had a chance to load the bases with two outs on hit and stolen base, and Kenya Wakatsuki added one more run on an RBI single to cut the lead to five.

On the other hand, starter Hiroya Miyagi pitcher pitched well, allowing 3 hit and no runs through seven innings. In the bottom of the eighth, with one out, back-to-back singles to Yukiya Ito and Itsuki Murabayashi put runners on first and third base, and then followed Ryosuke Tatsumi Lose 1 point on a player's sacrifice fly. But he struck out the next hitter to struck out and exited after 132 pitches in the eighth inning hit 5 Walk 6 strike out 1 runs.

In the top of the ninth, Sugimoto hit his second solo homer, No. 4, to quickly pull the score back to one. In the bottom of the ninth, Kento Kawase pitcher allowed a hit to lead off the hitter, but the game ended closer. Sugimoto win three Orix, including two Home Run, and three hit. Starter pitcher Miyagi pitched well in the eighth inning, allowing runs for the Cards to win their third straight game.

In the loss, Tohoku Rakuten starter Tatsuki Koja pitcher struggled to hold on to 8 hit 3 Walk 2 strike out 5 runs on 106 pitches in five innings. The offense was also poor, scoring one run in six hit. Itsuki Murabayashi and Hideto Asamura have recorded 2 hit.

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○ Hiroya Miyagi-Kento Kawase
Raku ●Itsuki Tatsuki Koja-Masaya Nishigaki-Masahiro Ehara-Ren Kajiya-Ryuta Konno

Text by Tatsumi Ota

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