On 25 March, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham and Tokyo Yakult Eastern League regular season played at Kamagaya Stadium in The Fighters, where Hokkaido Nippon-Ham win 4-3.

Hokkaido Nippon-Ham starter Koki Kitayama pitcher got off to a good start, striking out two consecutive struck out in the first inning. After that, he scored runner but did not allow a goal to score. In the top of the fourth, he closer again in a three-way tie and gave up 2 hit 4 strike out 4 runs on 61 pitches in the fourth inning to get out of the mound.

In the bottom of the fourth inning, back-to-back singles by Kazuki Miyazaki and Shu Yamagata put runners on first and third with one out. Akihiro Wakabayashi 's RBI single and Takuya Nakashima 's squeeze followed with two runs. In the bottom of the seventh, Takuya Nakashima loaded the bases with a Walk and Naoki Arizono added another run with a two-run single in the first.

​Ruei-Yang Gu Lin pitcher, who moved up to mound in the fifth, loaded the bases with one out and hit on Walk and before allowing an RBI single to Moiseevnikita to give up one run. Still, he doesn't forgive a single runner after that pitch In the top of the eighth inning, he struck out three straight struck out batters and closer the inning four to a minimum of runs.

In the top of the ninth inning, Kotaro Seimiya pitcher allowed one run on a wild pitch after a bases loaded pinch hit with two Walk and hit with no outs. Immediately afterwards, he was again Walk with no outs and bases loaded before exiting. Kenta Uehara pitcher, who came on in his place, also closed the gap to one run with a wild pitch, but he struck out the next two batters to end the game with a score of 4-3.

The Hokkaido Nippon-Ham that win was pitcher Kobayashi, who was on second base, threw 59 pitches in four innings hit 3 Walk 4 strike out 1 runs. Arizono drove in two runs in the first and Yamagata hit his first multi-hit in the regular season to stop the losing streak at 3 and earn his first home win of the season.

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Ya Avila - Yusei Nishihama - Kohei Suzuki - Takuma Sato
Koki Kitayama- ○ Ruei-Yang Gu Lin-Kotaro Seimiya- S Kenta Uehara

Text by Haruka Sonoda

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