On June 9, in the first round of the 'Nippon Life Central-Pacific League Interleague 2026' between Hokkaido Nippon-Ham and Yokohama DeNA held in ES CON FIELD, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham win 4-1.

In the bottom of the third, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham took the lead with one out and runners on first and second after a hit of Reyes and Chusei Mannami, and Yuya Gunji hit a timely hit to score the first run. Again, with two outs and runners on second and third, Ruan Ohtsuka hit his second three-run homer, scoring four runs in one go.

Starting pitcher Hiromi Ito pitcher started with three retired batters, including two struck out in the first inning. In the top of the 2nd inning, with one out and runners on first and second, he escaped a dead-runs pitching situation and then pitched 1-hit through the 6th inning. In the top of the 7th, Toshiro Miyazaki hit his fifth solo homer, but runs closer with just that one homer, and with 120 pitches over 9 innings, he threw 5 hit 2 Walk 7 strike out 1 runs and recorded his third complete game win of the season.

win Hokkaido Nippon-Ham were 11 hit 4 goals, with Tatsuki Mizuno players and Reyes taking two hit. On pitcher, pitcher Ito tied for the league lead with 1 runs complete game for his seventh win, and the team extended their winning streak to five games, the longest of the season.

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De ● Kentaro Taira - Masataka Iwata - Naoki Wakamatsu
Japan ○ Hiromi Ito

Text by Rian Ueno