On May 22, the sixth round between Tohoku Rakuten Eagles and Chiba Lotte Marines was held at Rakuten Eagles Mobile Saikyo Park Miyagi, with Chiba Lotte Marines win 2-1.

Chiba Lotte Marines took the lead in the first inning with Misho Nishikawa 's fourth solo homer. Starting pitcher Kazuya Ojima pitcher tied the game in the bottom of the third inning with Naoki Sato 's fourth solo homer. However, in the top of the 5th, Koki Yamaguchi hit his third solo homer, putting the team in the go-ahead game.

Although pitcher Kojima temporarily allowed the score to be tied, from the fourth inning onward, he delivered a stable pitch by retiring all three batters in three consecutive inning. In the bottom of the 7th, with one out, he gave up triple but retired the next batter, pitching 103 pitches in 7 innings with 4 hit 3 Walk 6 strike out 1 runs to get out of the mound.

In the bottom of the eighth, Shunsuke Nakamori pitcher connected the runs with no lead, and the bottom of the ninth was Rikuto Yokoyama pitcher closed out the match with three consecutive struck out, ending the match 2-1. pitcher Kojima earned his first win of the season. In the lineup, Nishikawa delivered a 2-hit RBI 1-1 run to win the first game of the series.

Meanwhile, Tohoku Rakuten Eagles had starter Ureña pitcher pull the pitch after pitching the first inning. After that, they connected with 5 pitcher, but the lineup was only 2 hit after the 4th inning. Sato also marked 2 hit 1 RBI, including a single shot. The second pick, sixth round pick rookie Ryu Kutani pitcher, pitched 3 innings with 1 hit no walks Hit by Pitch no runs pitching.

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○ Kazuya Ojima-Shunsuke Nakamori- S Rikuto Yokoyama
Raku Ureña -Ryu Kutani- ● Daichi Shibata- Tsurusaki Sora Suzuki- Suzuki Shota -Uchi Seiryu

Written by Aoi Nishijima