On June 13, in the second round of the 'Nippon Life Central-Pacific League 2026' between Tohoku Rakuten Eagles and Hiroshima held at Rakuten Eagles Mobile Saikyo Park Miyagi, Tohoku Rakuten Eagles lost 0-2.

Tohoku Rakuten Eagles 's starter Takahisa Hayakawa pitcher gave up a series of hits with one out in the first inning and faced a pressure with runners on first and third, then allowed a timely hit to Shogo Sakakura, giving up the opening run. He bounced back from the second inning onward, but in the top of the fifth, with two outs and a runner on second, he gave up a timely hit to Montero for the second runs. After 5 innings with 101 pitches, 7 hit 2 Walk 5 strike out 2 runs, he left the mound and entrusted the rest to the relievers.

In the top of the sixth, the first draft pick rookie Sota Fujiwara pitcher retired three batters in order. After that, he put runner in scoring position in the top of the 8th and 9th innings but did not allow any runs. Meanwhile, the lineup was just 2 hit 1 Walk before the opposing starter Masahito Morishita pitcher, ending the game 0-2. Their winning streak ended at two.

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Hiro ○ Masahito Morishita
Raku ● Takahisa Hayakawa-Sota Fujiwara-Haruto Nakagomi-Chia-Hao Sung-Katsutoshi Tai Daichi Shibata

Written by Yui Kayama