On 15 May, the 12th round match between Hokkaido Nippon-Ham and Orix was played in ES CON FIELD, where Hokkaido Nippon-Ham win 7-0.

Hokkaido Nippon-Ham starter Haruki Hosono pitcher allowed back-to-back singles with two outs in the first inning, but got out of the jam with no runs and retired three batters in the second and third innings. He put runner in scoring position in the fifth and sixth innings, respectively, but did not give up a run and exited the mound after 6 hit 2 Walk 4 strike out runs on 91 pitches in six innings.

He batted runner each time until the fifth inning, but couldn't score. Still, in the bottom of the seventh, Kazunari Ishii had a chance to load the bases with hit, Tatsuki Mizuno and Daiki Asama on four Hit by Pitch and one bases loaded out, and Yuya Gunji broke the deadlock with a two-run RBI single.

In the bottom of the eighth, Ryota Isobata added three more runs on back-to-back RBI singles by Torai Fushimi and Tatsuki Mizuno after bases loaded with no outs on hit and Walk. With one out and runners on second and third base, Gunji hit a two-run RBI single to score five runs in the inning. In the top of the ninth, Takumi Yamamoto pitcher closed out the game with three straight struck out to end the game with a 7-0 lead.

win Hokkaido Nippon-Ham scored a total of 10 hit 7 runs, including 2 hit 4 RBI by Gunji, and a shutout game relay in the toss. In addition, Nao Miyanishi pitcher, who is in third place, has made a new professional baseball record of 880 consecutive relief appearances.

On the other hand, Orix lost the game, and Naruki Teranishi pitcher, who was making his professional debut, pitched well in three innings with two hit runs, but the reliever couldn't keep up. The offense also went scoreless for a total of eight hit.

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O Naruki Teranishi-Kento Kawase-Taisuke Yamaoka-Nobuyoshi Yamada-Keisuke Honda
Haruki Hosono-Taisho Tamai- Hisao Nao Miyanishi-Takahide Ikeda-Takumi Yamamoto

Text by Haruka Sonoda

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