On September 15, the 23rd round between Tohoku Rakuten Eagles and Saitama Seibu Lions held at Rakuten Eagles Mobile Saikyo Park Miyagi ended 1-0 with Tohoku Rakuten Eagles win.

The starting pitcher Tatsuki Ito pitcher, the second-round draft pick, made his home debut that day. In the first inning, despite being hit hard with one out, he outd, and the outing second-runner runner was out, and the next pitcher was rebounded to fly out to right. In the top of the second inning, all three batters retired in order, and in the next three innings, despite carrying runner in the next inning three innings, he pitched tightly at key points without allowing any runs. In the top of the sixth, with hit and Walk, he had runners on first and second with no outs, but let go of the next batters with double play and struck out, and was pulled after 6 hit 2 Walk 3 strike out empty runs over the 6th inning.

In the top of the 7th, Katsutoshi Tai pitcher and Ryu Kutani and closer pitcher retired all three batters in the 8th, showing excellent relief. The lineup wanted to respond to the strong pitching of the pitcher lineup, but the game remained tight, limited to just 2 hit through the 7th inning. Still, in the bottom of the 8th, Ryosuke Tatsumi hit his 13th solo home run from Kaima Taira pitcher, finally taking the lead. In the top of the ninth, Shoma Fujihira pitcher hit hit and other bases to put a runner on second with no outs, but ultimately retired Takuya Hiruma to fly out to center to close the game.

Tohoku Rakuten Eagles, who win, ended their losing streak at 7, with third pitcher Kutani marking their second win. This victory against Saitama Seibu Lions was their first in three series since July 18. Meanwhile, Saitama Seibu Lions, who lost, suffered three straight losses, including a draw. Ryosuke Moriwaki pitcher, who made his first professional start at mound, closer inning 1 to hit no runs, and second pitcher pitcher Taira pitched well with 93 pitches, 3 hit no walks Hit by Pitch 10 strike out 1 runs over 7 innings, but the lineup struggled with 7 hit scoreless runs.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Total
Sei 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Raku 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 X 1

Sei Ryosuke Moriwaki-●Kaima Taira
Raku Tatsuki Ito-Katsutoshi Tai-○Ryu Kutani-S Shoma Fujihira

Text by Ryo Aritake