On May 28, in the third round of the farm regular season Fukuoka Softbank vs. Hokkaido Nippon-Ham held at Tamahome Stadium Chikugo, Fukuoka Softbank win 7-1.

In the first inning, the lineup took the lead with three consecutive hits from Yuto Akihiro, Takayoshi Takahashi, and Soichiro Ishizuka. In the bottom of the third, Soichiro Ishizuka hit two consecutive RBI hits to add another run. He created another opportunity in the bottom of the fifth, scoring four runs in one go with timely hits from Takahashi and Shuya Oizumi.

The Toshiya Nakamura pitcher starter Hiroki Tsuneya in the top of the second inning. Although he gave up his third solo homer, he pitched steadily throughout, going 1-runs through eight innings. He also came up in the mound in the top of the ninth, finishing the game with three batters to close out. He threw 114 pitches, 5 hit, 1 Walk, and 1 runs, scoring struck out each time, totaling 12 strike out.

The losing Hokkaido Nippon-Ham had starter Shoma Kanemura pitcher struggle, going 10 hit 1 Walk 6 strike out 7 runs 5 innings. The lineup was also limited to 5 hit and 1 run before Minoru Nakamura pitcher.

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Japan ● Shoma Kanemura-Suguru Fukuda-Haruki Miyauchi-Taisho Tamai
So ○ Toshiya Nakamura

Written by Kai Nagi Niwa

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