On September 4, in the 5th round of the farm regular season between Tohoku Rakuten Eagles and Yokohama DeNA held at Shinrindori Stadium Izumi, Tohoku Rakuten Eagles lost 2 to 7.

In the bottom of the 2nd inning, the lineup created a chance with runners on 2nd and 3rd with one out through hits by Daichi Suzuki and Takaya Tanaka, and took the lead with a timely hit by Toshiya Osakae. However, in the top of the 3rd inning immediately after, starting pitcher Masaru Fujii allowed a comeback after giving up a 2-run timely doble, and also gave up a solo home run in the top of the 5th. Pitcher Fujii left the mound after 5 innings, allowing 3 hits, 4 Walks, and 3 runs.

In the bottom of the 5th inning, Taiga Shimahara hit a timely hit to close the gap to one run, but in the top of the 7th, the third pitcher Shota Watanabe gave up a 2-run home run, and in the top of the 8th, the fourth pitcher Chia-Hao Sung also gave up a 2-run home run, leaving the score at 2 to 7. The lineup could not get any runners on in the bottom of the 8th and 9th innings, and the game ended. Despite the loss, development draft 5th pick rookie Shimahara and Daichi Suzuki recorded 2 hits.

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De ○Shintaro Fujinami-Chihaya Sasaki-Koshin Katayama-Marcelino-Hayato Horioka
Rak ●Masaru Fujii-Taisei Ito-Shota Watanabe-Chia-Hao Sung-Uchi Seiryu

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