On July 22, in the 13th round between Chiba Lotte Marines and Tohoku Rakuten Eagles held in Zozo Marine Stadium, Chiba Lotte Marines win 10-2.

Chiba Lotte Marines took the lead in the first inning with a timely doble by player Naonori Yasuda and a sacrifice fly by player Toshiya Sato. In the bottom of the second, player Kyota Fujiwara scored four runs with a timely hit and Soto's 11th three-run homer, then in the bottom of the third, Sato hit his 11th solo homer, giving the team a 7-run lead early on.

Starting pitcher Kazuya Ojima pitcher delivered a strong performance, closer 4 hit through the sixth inning. In the top of the seventh, he gave up a runs between double play hits, and in the top of the eighth, McCuscar hit a timely hit, but did not allow any more runs.
The lineup kept their momentum going from the middle innings onward. In the bottom of the fifth, Daito Yamamoto hit a timely hit; in the bottom of the sixth, Koki Yamaguchi hit his 15th solo homer; and in the bottom of the seventh, Katsumi Ishigaki hit a timely single to score consecutive runs. pitcher Kojima closed the game in the top of the ninth with three retired batters in order. He threw 141 pitches in nine innings, hit 9 Hit by Pitch, 6 strike out, and 2 runs, marking his first complete game win in two years. In the lineup, which recorded hit for all starters with 14 hit and 10 runs in total, Fujiwara recorded 3 hit and 1 RBI.

Meanwhile, Tohoku Rakuten Eagles Takahisa Hayakawa pitcher pitched 97 pitches with 10 hit 2 Walk 6 strike out 8 runs over 5 innings and struggled to produce a game. Despite 9 hit in the lineup, they managed only 2 runs. Notably, YG Yasuda players have hit 3 hit.

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Raku ● Takahisa Hayakawa-Naoki Hihata-Ren Kajiya
Ro ○ Kazuya Ojima

Written by Aoi Nishijima