On September 17, at the Lotte Urawa Baseball Stadium, the farm regular season game, Chiba Lotte Marines vs. Tohoku Rakuten Eagles 16th round, Chiba Lotte Marines win 6 to 2.

In the first inning, the lineup took the lead with a solo home run by the lead-off batter, Shingo Ishikawa, his 8th of the season. Then, with a bases loaded opportunity with one out, they extended the lead to 3 points with a timely hit by Kenta Chatani and a sacrifice fly by Atsuki Tomosugi. Starting pitcher Seiun Akiyama gave up one run in the top of the 2nd inning on a timely doble by Yukiya Ito, but in the bottom of the 2nd, Polanco 's 8th solo home run widened the gap again.

In the top of the 4th inning, the second pitcher, Hayato Fuji, allowed one runs on a timely hit by Shoya Sakaue. However, the subsequent relief corps held the opponent scoreless, and the lineup added two more runs in the bottom of the 6th inning due to errors and wild pitches, heading into the final stages at 6 to 2. In the top of the 9th inning, Yusuke Azuma closed the game, and the match ended.

For the victorious Chiba Lotte Marines, Tomosugi performed well with 2 hit and 1 RBI. The fourth pitcher, Hikaru Otani, showed great relief in the top of the 6th inning, retiring three batters in a row including 2 struck out. For the defeated Tohoku Rakuten Eagles, the starting rookie pitcher Taisei Ito allowed 4 hit, 2 Walk, and 4 runs in 3 innings. The lineup recorded 8 hit but was limited to 2 runs.

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

E ●Taisei Ito-Taisei Tsurusaki-Shota Watanabe-Ryuta Konno-Tomohito Sakai-Chia-Hao Sung
M Seiun Akiyama-Hayato Fuji-○Atsuya Hirohata-Hikaru Otani-Humiya Motomae-Riku Kikuchi-Yusuke Azuma

Text by Minagi Niwa

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