On May 6, in the 8th game of the Farm regular season Chiba Lotte Marines vs. Tohoku Rakuten Eagles held at ADEKA Sodegaura Municipal Stadium, Chiba Lotte Marines win 3-2.

Starting Ryota Nakamura pitcher started with runner on his back and pitch, but closed the crucial moments and left the mound after 5 innings with 59 pitches, 3 hit, 6 strike out, and no runs. Meanwhile, the lineup went 3-hit and 3-for-3 Hit by Pitch before the opposing starter Tatsuki Ito pitcher through five innings, but failed to score another home run in a good opportunity. The first half ended with a score of 0-0.

In the top of the sixth, Ryo Sakai pitcher closer, and in the bottom of the sixth, Kyuto Ueda, Hiromi Oka, and Yuya Sakurai scored two consecutive doble to take the lead. However, in the top of the eighth, Riku Kikuchi pitcher faced a crisis with two outs and runners on third, and an error and a timely doble by Shoya Sakagami tied the game.

In the top of the ninth, pitcher Miyazaki retired all three batters, and in the bottom of the ninth, with two outs, Yu Tatematsu and Tatsuhiro Tamura advanced to first and second after consecutive Walk. This was where Yuta Kaneda's timely infield hit was created, and Chiba Lotte Marines scored win in walk-off. Ueda and Sakurai each recorded 2 hit.

The defeated Tohoku Rakuten Eagles had their starter Tatsuki Ito pitcher pitch well, but their relievers couldn't hold up. The lineup saw Atsuki Muto player hit two and Shoya Sakagami tying the game with a timely doble.

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Tatsuki Ito-Takuma Matsuda-Daichi Shibata- ● Masahiro Ehara
Ryota Nakamura-Ryo Sakai-Humiya Motomae-Riku Kikuchi- ○ Miyazaki Hayate

Written by Kai Nagi Niwa

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