On September 11, the 29th regular season game between Fukuoka Softbank and Hiroshima was held at Tama Home Stadium Chikugo, and Fukuoka Softbank won 4 to 2.

In the bottom of the 1st inning, Fukuoka Softbank took a 2-point lead with a timely doble by Ryuta Hirose, but in the top of the 3rd inning, starting pitcher Nao Higashihama gave up a 2-run timely hit that tied the game. Nevertheless, in the bottom of the 4th inning, with two outs and a runner on first, Itua Ikhine succeeded in taking the lead with a timely doble. In the bottom of the 5th inning, Yoshiyasu Sasakawa hit his 9th solo home run.

From the 6th inning, pitcher Shunsuke Iwasaki pitched 3 innings, showing a great relief performance with 2 hits, 3 strike outs, and 0 runs. In the top of the 9th inning, pitcher Toshiya Nakamura closed the game, and the match ended 4 to 2. Starting pitcher Nao Higashihama's performance was 5 innings, 80 pitches, 5 hits, 2 Walks, 3 strike outs, and 2 runs. The lineup took advantage of opportunities with 4 runs on 6 hits, and the team stopped their losing streak at 4.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Total
Hiroshima 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
SoftBank 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 X 4

Hiroshima ●Ryunosuke Sato-Shota Nakazaki-Sotaro Shimauchi
SoftBank ○Nao Higashihama-Shunsuke Iwasaki-S Toshiya Nakamura

Text by Aoi Nemoto

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