On September 24, in the 25th game between Hokkaido Nippon-Ham and Tohoku Rakuten Eagles held in ES CON FIELD, Tohoku Rakuten Eagles win 6-0. They finished their Hokkaido Nippon-Ham games this season with a record of 9 wins and 16 losses.

Starting pitcher Kenta Maeda pitcher started the first inning with two outs when a ball hit the right arm directly by Yuki Nomura, but the next pitcher closer runs no-field. He continued to show no impact from the accident and delivered perfect pitching through the eighth inning.

Meanwhile, the lineup continued to create opportunities through the seventh inning, but the game was far from home plate. However, in the top of the eighth, with one out, Walk and YG Yasuda created another doble, and Itsuki Murabayashi hit a go-ahead RBI single. Then, with two outs bases loaded, Hikaru Ota hit a sweep timely doble, giving the team four runs in one go.

In the top of the ninth, with one out and runners on second and third, YG Yasuda added two more runs with a sacrifice fly and a timely hit by Murabayashi. Ken Maeda pitcher also came up in the mound of the bottom of the ninth, allowing infield hit with one out but struck out the next batters to close out the game. This marked his first complete game shutout game win win since returning to NPB, marking his fifth win of the season and his 170th combined win in Japan and the U.S. At the plate, Murabayashi showed strong performance with two RBI hits, including the go-ahead one.

Starting pitcher Kota Tatsu pitcher pitched 7.1 innings with 130 pitches in 6 hit 3 Walk 6 strike out 2 runs. Although the relief pitchers came in midway through the 8th inning, the bullpen couldn't stop the opposing lineup.

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

E ○Kenta Maeda
F ●Kota Tatsu-Yi-Lei Sun-Kenta Uehara-Takahide Ikeda

Text by Minagi Niwa