On May 6th, in the 9th round between Tohoku Rakuten Eagles and Hokkaido Nippon-Ham held at Rakuten Eagles Mobile Strongest Park Miyagi, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham won decisively 12-2. They finished the nine-game series with a 5-4 winning record.

Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Starting pitcher Hiromi Ito pitcher got through the first inning at a good pace with eight pitches, and in the bottom of the second, he escaped a crisis with two outs and runners on second with a look-and-run struck out. In the bottom of the third, Ryuya Taira allowed the lead with his fourth solo homer, but from the fourth onward, despite carrying three consecutive inning runner, he closer crucial runs at crucial moments.

The batting lineup tied the score between the hit of the 2nd Walk and Yuki Nomura in the top of the 5th inning with no outs bases loaded and double play innings. In the top of the sixth, with two Walk and two outs, runners on first and second, he created a good opportunity, and Reyes succeeded in taking the lead with a timely hit. Nomura then scored a timely doble, making the score 3-1.

In the top of the eighth, with two outs and a runner on first, he added three timely hits and Ryohei Hosokawa 's first three-run homer, adding a total of 7 runs. In the top of the ninth, Kota Yazawa hit his third two-run homer. pitcher the second pitcher Yukiya Saito pitcher extended the bottom of the 8th inning into a runs scoreline, but in the bottom of the 9th, Mizuki Hori pitcher gave up his third solo home run to Itsuki Murabayashi, but the game ended without allowing a comeback.

win Hokkaido Nippon-Ham was by starter pitcher Ito, who threw 97 pitches over 7 innings, pitching 4 hit 2 Walk 3 strike out 1 runs to achieve his second consecutive HQS. He claimed his third win of the season. The lineup scored a total of 14 hit and 12 runs, including Nomura and Tatsuki Mizuno with 3 hit 1 RBI and Yazawa with 2 hit 3 RBI.

Meanwhile, the defeated Tohoku Rakuten Eagles pitched 5 innings with 82 pitches, 3 hit 2 Walk 2 strike out 1 runs in Kenta Maeda pitcher pitching 82 pitches. In the lineup, Daiki Irie as a substitute hit two hit, Taira hit his third consecutive Home Run, and Murabayashi hit a home run in the bottom of the ninth, but the late runs had a big impact.

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Day ○ Hiromi Ito-Yukiya Saito-Mizuki Hori
Kenta Maeda- ● Uchi Seiryu-Chia-Hao Sung-Chiharu Tanaka-Shota Watanabe-Haruto Nakagomi

Written by Ao Yokoyama