◇ Fukuoka Softbank vs. Chiba Lotte Marines 10th Round (4th, MIZUHO PayPay Dome)

​Fukuoka Softbank Toshiya Nakamura pitcher faced his former team, Chiba Lotte Marines, for the first time. He pitched well in 2 innings, throwing 30 pitches, 1 hit no Hit by Pitch walks, 2 strike out no runs.

Minoru Nakamura pitcher advanced to mound in the top of the 7th inning, trailing by 8 runs, as the fourth pitcher. He jammed the leadoff player Soto with a fastball and injected it out to fly to right, while Ryusei Terachi flied out to left. After that, he gave up a hit and had two outs with a runner on first, but calmly got Ryusei Ogawa, who had recorded multiple hit, grounding out to second.

In the top of the 8th inning in the second inning, he scored consecutive struck out against Ryusei Miyazaki and Kyota Fujiwara. Finally, he closer Misho Nishikawa to a grounder to shortstop and inning a 2-runs pitch ball.

This season, he entered the season after transferring from Chiba Lotte Marines in the active draft. In the farm league, he played 9 games (4 starts) and posted an impressive ERA 2.02 ERA and was promoted to the first team on June 7.

Text by Ao Yokoyama