On 1 April, the first round of the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham and Fukuoka Softbank matches in ES CON FIELD was win by Fukuoka Softbank, 5-1.

In the first inning, Fukuoka Softbank was led off by Ukyo Shuto and singled to Walk, and Akira Nakamura 's hit put runners on first and third with no outs Yuki Yanagita A timely hit by the player scored the first run. In the top of the second inning, Richard hit a doble single, and with two outs, two more runs scored on an RBI doble by Zhou Dong and an RBI single by Nakamura. In the top of the fifth, after giving up one run, Yanagida's No. 2 solo and Kenta Imamiya 's No. 1 solo made the score 5-1.

Starter Moinello pitcher retired closer three batters in the bottom of the first inning, and in the bottom of the second, he gave up one run on a solo shot by Yuki Nomura in the top of the second but did not give up the lead. After the bottom of the third inning, he did not allow a runner to reach second base pitch In the bottom of the eighth, Yuki Matsumoto pitcher retired three batters, and Osuna pitcher closed out the game in the bottom of the ninth.

In the Fukuoka Softbank of the win, starter Moinello pitcher threw 91 pitches in seven innings, allowing 2 hit 2 walks Hit by Pitch 6 strike out 1 runs and the relievers were runs without a relief. Nakamura and Yanagida recorded 2 hit for a total of 10 hit and 5 runs scored to earn their first win of the season.

On the other hand, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham had a lackluster outing, with starter Hiromi Ito pitcher giving up 2 Home Run in five innings, going 9 hit 1 Walk 4 strike out 5 runs on 97 pitches. Nomura hit a solo shot for the second straight game, but he lost for the first time this season with a total of 2 hit.

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So ○ Moinelo-Yuki Matsumoto-Osuna
Sun ● Hiromi Ito-Takumi Yamamoto-Toshihiro Sugiura-Takahide Ikeda

Text by Rihoko Niwa

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