On May 3, in the ninth match between Hokkaido Nippon-Ham and Orix Buffaloes held in ES CON FIELD, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham shutout game win 3-0. He became the seventh team in history to celebrate the 5,000th total wins in the franchise.

Hokkaido Nippon-Ham took the lead in the first inning with no outs and runners on first and third due to Castro's Walk and an error, and Reyes hit a timely hit. With one out and runners on first and third, they created a good opportunity, and Kotaro Kiyomiya added a run with a sacrifice fly. In the bottom of the sixth, Chusei Mannami hit his 10th solo homer, bringing the score to 3-0.
　
Starting pitcher Koki Kitayama pitcher showed a perfect pitch in the first three inning. He gave up his first hit with two outs in the top of the fourth, but the following hitter was struck out swinging. He also hit runner in the top of the 6th and 7th innings, closing key moments. He retired all three batters in order in the top of the eighth, and although his pitch count exceeded 100, he advanced to the mound in the top of the ninth. The three of us cleared the batting order starting from the first verse and recorded the shutout game win.

win Hokkaido Nippon-Ham was a hot pitching pitcher Kitayama with 121 pitches over 9 innings, 3 hit no walks, Hit by Pitch 7 strike out no runs. This was his second shutout game win win of the season after two seasons. In the lineup, Reyes posted a 3-hit 1 RBI including the leadoff hit, and Mannami hit the fastest Home Run of the 10th home run among the 12 teams.

On the other hand, the losing Orix Buffaloes had starter Alen Kuri pitcher throw 113 pitches in 6 innings, throwing 5 hit 3 Walk 10 strike out 3 runs (earned runs 1). The lineup suffered a shutout game loss with scattered 3-hit against Kitayama pitcher.

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O ● Alen Kuri-Nobuyoshi Yamada-Kaito Iriyama
Day ○ Koki Kitayama

Written by Ao Yokoyama