On June 22, in the ninth round between Tohoku Rakuten Eagles and Saitama Seibu Lions held in Tokyo Dome, Tohoku Rakuten Eagles win 8-7.

Starting pitcher Takahisa Hayakawa pitcher started the first inning with three consecutive struck out starts, but in the top of the third, Seiya Watanabe hit a solo homer for his sixth home run and Shinya Hasegawa A timely doble by a player conceded 3 goals first. In the top of the seventh, he gave up Watanabe's seventh solo homer, and was pulled after 7 innings with 108 pitches, 4 hit 2 Walk 10 strike out 4 runs (earned runs 2).

In the bottom of the third, the lineup scored one run with a timely doble from Naoki Sato player. After that, the game continued to run far from home plate, but the lineup connected in the bottom of the seventh. With one out and runners on first and second, Sato hit a timely hit, followed by consecutive RBI hits by McCuscar and Yoshiaki Watanabe, scoring four runs in one go. He succeeded in making a comeback.

He started pitching in the eighth, but Ryu Kutani pitcher gave up Hasegawa's ninth two-run homer. They regained the lead, but in the bottom of the ninth, with one out and a runner on third, they created a chance and tied the game between Hideto Asamura player infield grounders.

extra inning Top of the 11th, Sota Fujiwara pitcher caused trouble with a series of hits, and errors led to a run lost. However, in the bottom of the 11th, Asamura hit his sixth solo homer, tying the game again at the last moment. In the top of the 12th, Haruto Nakagomi pitcher retired all three batters closer in order, and in the bottom of the 12th, with two outs and a runner on second, Fumiya Kurokawa hit a timely hit to walk-off win.

In the final moments, the lineup connected Tohoku Rakuten Eagles, with Sato recording 2 hit 2 RBI and Kengo Horiuchi 2 hit 1 Walk, totaling 3 bases. pitcher Nakagome recorded his first professional win. Meanwhile, Saitama Seibu Lions started Kaima Taira pitcher 5 innings and 1 runs, but the bullpen struggled with 7 runs. Watanabe recorded 4 hit 2 RBI including 2 Home Run, and Hasegawa marked 2 hit 4 RBI.

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Kaima Taira- Wingenter -Shunsuke Sato-Masaya Kuroda-Hibiki Shinohara-Hiroshi Kaino-Taishi Mameda-Hakua Iwaki- ● Taiga Ueda
Takahisa Hayakawa-Ryu Kutani- Masaya Masaya Nishigaki- Shoma Shoma Fujihira-Sota Fujiwara-Daichi Shibata- ○ Haruto Nakagomi

Written by Kai Nagi Niwa