On September 1, in the 22nd round between Tohoku Rakuten Eagles and Orix Buffaloes held at Komachi Stadium, Tohoku Rakuten Eagles win 5-1.

Tohoku Rakuten Eagles 's starter, Tatsuki Ito pitcher, closer the opposing lineup to 3 hit through the fifth inning of the first half. Just after receiving run runs, in the top of the sixth, with hit and two Walk, they faced a two-out bases loaded crisis but retired the next batters to fly out to center, sending mound with 103 pitches, 4 hit, 3 Walk, 8 strike out, and no runs in the 6th inning.

The lineup struggled against the opposing start Alen Kuri er, hit pitcher, with 2 scoreless through the 4th inning. Still, in the bottom of the 5th, Fumiya Kurokawa hit hit and YG Yasuda Walk, creating a good opportunity with runners on first and second, and Rui Muneyama hit their 5th home run with a three-run homer. In the bottom of the 7th, Muneyama hit his sixth solo homer, marking two consecutive at-bats, extending the lead to 4 runs.

In the top of the 7th, Naoto Nishiguchi pitcher connected with no runs. In the top of the 8th, Ryu Kutani pitcher gave up Ryoto Kita 's solo homer, but immediately after, Kengo Horiuchi added a run with a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the 8th. The top of the 9th inning ended with a 5-1 score in Shoma Fujihira pitcher, ending the game.

The win Tohoku Rakuten Eagles ended their losing streak at 3. Local hometown Tatsuki Ito pitcher earned his second win of the season, while the lineup saw Muneyama perform well with 3 hit 4 RBI, including two consecutive Home Run at-bats. On the other hand, Orix Buffaloes Alen Kuri pitcher pitched 5 innings with 106 pitches, 5 hit, 5 Walk 3 runs. The lineup had 7 hit but only managed Home Run runs. Notably, Kita has recorded a 2 hit 1 RBI, including a single homer.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Total
B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
E 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 X 5

B ●Alen Kuri-Ryusei Gonda-Seiryu Kotajima-Raiku Katayama
E ○Tatsuki Ito-Naoto Nishiguchi-Ryu Kutani-Shoma Fujihira

Text by Aoi Nishijima