On July 16, the 12th round match between Tohoku Rakuten Eagles and Orix Buffaloes held at Rakuten Eagles Mobile Saikyo Park Miyagi ended 12-8 with Tohoku Rakuten Eagles win.

Starter Contreras pitcher gave up a run in the top of the second inning after a timely doble from Kotaro Kobayashi player. However, despite allowing 4 hit 5 Walk through the fifth inning, he was pulled at closer and runs the first inning. Meanwhile, the batting lineup went scoreless through the fourth inning, going 3 double play before the opposing starter Hiroshi pitcher.

In the bottom of the fifth, Itsuki Murabayashi and Yoshiaki Watanabe hit a series of hits, creating a chance with one out and bases loaded, scoring three runs to take the lead. Immediately after, in the top of the sixth, Uchi Seiryu pitcher gave up four runs, but in the bottom of the sixth, they were bases loaded again. Here, Hideto Asamura hit his seventh bases loaded homer, regaining the lead at 7-5.

Although the relief team contributed runs, in the bottom of the 7th, Ryosuke Tatsumi added two more runs with his third consecutive solo home run in the 9th inning and a timely hit by Yoshi Watanabe. In the bottom of the 8th, bases loaded got another opportunity, and RBI hits by Tatsumi and Murabayashi made it 12-7. In the top of the 9th, Ryu Kutani pitcher closed the game with a run conceded, bringing the battle lasting over four hours to a close.

Tohoku Rakuten Eagles, who had won three consecutive series games, saw Tatsumi hit 3-2 RBI and Murabayashi 4 hit 1 RBI. Asamura, who hit a Grand Slam in the final, hit his first home run since June 22. In the losing Orix Buffaloes, Hiroshi pitcher, returning for the first time in two years, runs three out of the fifth inning. The lineup scored 7 runs, but the relief struggled, resulting in their third straight loss.

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Hiroshi O -Kaito Saiki- ● Sho Iwasaki-Kaito Iriyama- Soichiro Yamazaki -Ryusei Gonda-Shota Abe
Raku Contreras -Uchi Seiryu- ○ Daichi Shibata-Ren Kajiya-Chiharu Tanaka-Haruto Nakagomi-Ryu Kutani

Written by Kai Nagi Niwa