On May 2nd, the eighth game between Chiba Lotte Marines and Saitama Seibu Lions was played in Zozo Marine Stadium, and Saitama Seibu Lions win 5-4.

In the top of the second inning, Saitama Seibu Lions created a good opportunity to bases loaded with one out due to hit and errors by Nevin and Taiga Hirasawa, and Sosuke Genda player chose to push Walk and succeeded in taking the lead. Then, runner survived between Natsuo Takizawa 's infield grounders and scored two runs in this inning.

Starter Natsuki Takeuchi pitcher retired the first inning with three players, and in the bottom of the second inning, Atsuki Tomosugi player scored one run with a timely hit, but he got through with a runner out and got through with at least runs.

In the top of the 4th inning, Canario scored his first Home Run in Japan from 2nd and 1st base, extending the lead to 3 runs. In the bottom of the 5th, Ryusei Ogawa scored 1 run on a timely doble, but in the top of the 6th, Kazunari Ishii player hit his first solo Home Run since transferring, and the lead was 3 runs again.

However, in the bottom of the 7th inning, pitcher Takeuchi left the mound with 2 outs on 1st and 2nd base with doble and Walk, and lost 2 runs due to timely hits by Ogawa and Kyota Fujiwara. It was 6.2 innings, 109 pitches, 8 hit, 2 walks, Hit by Pitch 6 strike out, 4 runs. Hiroshi Kaino pitcher, who was replaced with two outs on first and second base, finished off the follow-up with a struck out.

The bottom of the eighth inning with a one-run lead was Hibiki Shinohara pitcher, and the bottom of the ninth was Hakua Iwaki pitcher connected with a draw runs and the game ended. win Saitama Seibu Lions won the card with consecutive wins, and starter Takeuchi pitcher marked his second win. The batting line has 2 hit Nevin and 2 hit 1 RBI, including Ishii Home Run for the first time since transferring.

In the losing Chiba Lotte Marines, starter Haruya Tanaka pitcher was unable to create a game with 7 hit 2 Walk 4 strike out 5 runs (earned runs 3) in 6 innings with 110 pitches. The batting line was one step hit short, with Ogawa hitting 3 hit 2 RBI, Fujiwara and Tomosugi hitting 2 hit 1 RBI, and Soto hitting 2 hit.

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West 020201000 5
Ro 010010200 4

West: ○ Natsuki Takeuchi-Hiroshi Kaino-Hibiki Shinohara- S Hakua Iwaki
● Haruya Tanaka-Shuta Takano- Long

Written by Yui Kayama