On 15 May, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham lost 5-6 in the ninth round of the Eastern League regular season match between Hokkaido Nippon-Ham and The Giants at Kamagaya Stadium in The Fighters.
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham took the lead in the bottom of the first inning on Kazuki Miyazaki 's hit and sacrifice bunt with one out and the bases loaded, and Kota Yazawa 's RBI triple scored the first run.
Starter Verhagen pitcher retired three batters in the first and second innings, but he closer runs three on four consecutive hits in the top of the fourth. With the bases loaded and no outs, Ryusei Mitsuka hit a two-run single in the first to give the Yankees a four-run lead. In the top of the fifth, Yuki Okada hit an RBI single from third base with one out to runs the plate. He then Walk and hit with one out and bases loaded, but he retired the next two batters closer to double play and retired mound on 90 pitches in five innings with 9 hit 3 Walk 6 strike out 6 runs.
Still, in the top of the sixth, Tamon Asari pitcher retired three batters, and in the bottom of the seventh, back-to-back singles by Takuya Nakashima and Taisei Fujita led off the inning Go Matsumoto A three-run single in the first cut cut the deficit to two runs. In the bottom of the ninth, they scored one run on an error with two outs and third base, but they couldn't fight back and ended the game 6-5. The bats showed a strong catch in the closing stages, but the midfield runs echoed.
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Giant ○Morita Shunya - Kyomoto Makoto - Tanaka Chiharu
Sun ●Barhagen-Tamon Asari-Ren Fukushima
Text by Haruka Sonoda
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[Farm] Hokkaido Nippon-Ham loses by a narrow margin, Go Matsumoto hits his first three-run homer
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2025.5.15(木) 16:10
