The fierce pitcher duel ended in a tie after extra inning innings, with Kota Tatsu recording double-digit strike out for the second consecutive game.

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Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters pitcher Kota Tatsu Tatsu © Pacific League TV
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters pitcher Kota Tatsu Tatsu © Pacific League TV

On September 2, the 22nd round between Hokkaido Nippon-Ham and Fukuoka Softbank held in ES CON FIELD ended in a 1-1 draw.

Hokkaido Nippon-Ham In the bottom of the fourth, Yua Tamiya hit his fifth solo homer, marking his second consecutive game in the game. Starter Kota Tatsu pitcher started strong with no hit pitch through four innings. In the top of the eighth, with Walk and doble with runners on second and third, he gave up a run between grounders and grounders, but retired the next batters and threw mound to the reliever with 123 pitches, 2 hit, 2 Walk, 10 strike out, 1 runs.

In the top of the ninth, Yi-Lei Sun pitcher connected with no runs, but the offense couldn't score in the bottom of the line, and the game went into the extra inning series. Son pitcher retired all three ba closer tters in the top of the tenth inning in the second inning, and in the top of the eleventh, Hiroya Shimamoto pitcher escaped a crisis with runners on first and third with two outs and runners on first and third, runs out with no .

In the top of the 12th, Ren Fukushima pitcher hit three consecutive fly outs, but the lineup failed to reach base before Kazuki Sugiyama pitcher, ending the game 1-1. Reyes marked 3 hit.

Meanwhile, Fukuoka Softbank pitched a powerful performance of Naoyuki Uwasawa pitcher in 8 innings, throwing 123 pitches with 7 hit, 3 Walk, 10 strike out 1 runs. The four relievers delivered a relay of hit runs without a single pitch.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Total
S 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
F 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

S Naoyuki Uwasawa-Yuki Matsumoto-Yuki Tsumori-Hernandez-Kazuki Sugiyama
F Kota Tatsu-Yi-Lei Sun-Hiroya Shimamoto-Ren Fukushima

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The fierce pitcher duel ended in a tie after extra inning innings, with Kota Tatsu recording double-digit strike out for the second consecutive game.