On September 4th, the 20th round match between Tohoku Rakuten Eagles and Hokkaido Nippon-Ham held at Rakuten Eagles Mobile Saikyo Park Miyagi ended 5-2 with Hokkaido Nippon-Ham win.

Hokkaido Nippon-Ham took the lead in the first inning with two outs and a runner on first, with three consecutive hits by Yuya Gunji, Yuki Nomura, and Tatsuki Mizuno. Then, in the top of the fifth, Reyes' 30th two-run homer exploded, bringing the total to five runs by the first half.

Starting pitcher Koki Kitayama pitcher gave up Ryosuke Tatsumi 's 12th solo home run in the bottom of the second and McCuscar's 21st solo in the fourth, but from the bottom of the fifth, he delivered strong performances, retiring all three batters in three consecutive closer inning from the bottom of the fifth. In the bottom of the eighth, he threw all outs in struck out, and after pitching 111 pitches, 3 hit 1 Walk 8 strike out 2 runs and was pulled after eight innings.

In the bottom of the ninth, Taisei Yanagawa pitcher retired all three batters, ending the game 5-2. Kitayama pitcher earned his 11th win. In the lineup, Reyes showed strong performances with 3 hit 2 RBI and a 2 fielder’s choice hit 2 RBI, totaling 11 hit and 5 runs, with the team achieving a sixth consecutive win in between, including a tie.

Meanwhile, Tohoku Rakuten Eagles had starting pitcher Tatsuki Koja pitcher throw 106 pitches in 5 innings, throwing 8 hit 4 walks Hit by Pitch 5 strike out 5 runs (earned runs 4). The lineup scored in 2 Home Run but failed to break through Kitayama pitcher with a total of 3 hit.

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

F ○Koki Kitayama-S Taisei Yanagawa
E ●Tatsuki Koja-Ureña-Masaya Nishigaki-Katsutoshi Tai