On September 20, the 22nd round match between Tohoku Rakuten Eagles and Fukuoka Softbank was held at Rakuten Eagles Mobile Saikyo Park Miyagi, with Tohoku Rakuten Eagles win 5-3.

Tohoku Rakuten Eagles 's starter, Ryota Takinaka pitcher, in the top of the second inning, faced a two-hit crisis with two outs and runners on first and second, and a three-run lead was given up by consecutive RBI hits by Yudai Shoji and Tatsuru Yanagimachi. Even so, he closer all three inning in three innings, pitching 64 pitches with five hit Walk three runs and was pulled.

In the bottom of the fourth, trailing by three runs, the lineup scored one run with a solo homer of McCuscar's 22nd homer. YG Yasuda player continued with hit, and Ryosuke Tatsumi also hit his 14th two-run homer, tying the game. Again, Itsuki Murabayashi and Yuya Ogo hit consecutive hits, and with runners on second and third and sacrifice bunt, Akira Shigenaga hit a sacrifice fly to take the lead.

In the top of the sixth, second pitcher Marte pitcher connected with no runs, and in the bottom of the sixth, Yuya Ogo extended the lead with his first solo homer. From the seventh inning, Katsutoshi Tai pitcher and Ryu Kutani pitcher each scored inning runs, and with the score tied 5-3, Shoma Fujihira pitcher retired all three batters to close the game.

Tohoku Rakuten Eagles, now on a five-game winning streak, saw pitcher Takinaka secure his first win in about two months since July 14. The lineup saw Ogo shine with 2 hit 1 RBI, including his first Home Run of the season. On the other hand, Fukuoka Softbank Ryosuke Otsu pitcher failed to maintain their early lead, throwing 94 pitches hit 7 2 Walk 3 strike out 5 runs over 6 innings. From the third inning onward, the lineup also posted sporadic 2-hit and suffered consecutive losses.

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

H ●Ryosuke Otsu-Yuki Tsumori-Tatsuto Kobayashi
E ○Ryota Takinaka-Marte-Katsutoshi Tai-Ryu Kutani-S Shoma Fujihira

Text by Aoi Nishijima