
◇Tohoku Rakuten Eagles vs Fukuoka Softbank Game 21 (19th, Rakuten Eagles Mobile Saikyo Park Miyagi)
Fukuoka Softbank 's Ryo Oyama pitcher finished his first first-team appearance in about four months, throwing 1.1 innings without runs.
In the bottom of the fifth, with two outs and bases loaded in trouble, he took over Ryo Oyama pitcher as starter with Yugo Maeda pitcher. Against Soshi Yoshino player, he retired fastball of the struck out swinging and successfully put out the fire, then entered the bottom of the sixth inning across the inning. He gave Walk to the leadoff Daisuke Nakashima, but with three batters behind him, he played his role with 1.1 innings with no hit, 2 strike out no runs.
He was promoted on May 22 this season and appeared in two games as a reliever, but his ERA was 18.00 and he couldn't achieve his pitch, so he was removed from the first-team roster on May 27. Still, in the farm league, he posted an impressive ERA 1.71 ERA over 22 games, including five starts, and was recalled to the first team on the 12th of this month. In his first first-team mound in about four months, he delivered brilliant firefighting and well-rounded relief.
Written by Yui Kayama