On September 23rd, in the farm team regular season between Chiba Lotte Marines and Saitama Seibu Lions, the seventh game of the series, held at Lotte Urawa Baseball Stadium, Saitama Seibu Lions win 3-1.

Starting pitcher Wynans faced a jam in the first inning after doble by Ryusei Miyazaki hitter Yuya Sakurai. Despite pitching in poor conditions due to the rain, he held the opponent runs from the second inning onward, and closer with 5 innings pitched, 92 pitches, 5 hit, 2 Walk 7 strike out 1 runs.

In the top of the second inning, the offense created a scoring opportunity with consecutive hits from Reon Reon Murata and Shun Akiyama, and tied the game on infield grounder by Koji Kaneko. In the top of the fifth inning, a double by Kuan-Chen Lin put doble on first and second with one out, and consecutive RBI hits from Manaya Nishikawa and Takayoshi Yamamura gave them a two-run lead. As the rain intensified after the bottom of the fifth inning, the game was called, and they win 3-1.

Meanwhile, in their final game of the season at Lotte Urawa Baseball Stadium, Chiba Lotte Marines fielded pitcher Yuki Karakawa and Katsuya Kakunaka, both of whom have announced their retirement. Karakawa retired the leadoff pitcher, Nishikawa, with a fly ball to center field in just two pitches, while Kakunaka recorded a hit to right field in his first at-bat. After the game, they were presented with bouquets of flowers and hoisted into the air by their players' shoulders.

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L ○Wynans
M Yuki Karakawa-Kosuke Nagashima-Tokito Kawamura-●Humiya Motomae

Text by Minagi Niwa

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