Haruya Tanaka wins his third game with 2 hit no runs in the 7th inning, and the Seagulls escape their losing streak with 11 hit 6 runs | Pacific League

On 27 May, the eighth round of the Chiba Lotte and Orix matches in Zozo Marine Stadium was win by Chiba Lotte, 6-4.

With the score tied 0-0 in the bottom of the second inning, Daito Yamamoto led off the inning with a Hit by Pitch and Polanco’s hit with one out opened the scoring with one out. Eito Takabe followed with an RBI doble to right-center field to score the first run. With one out and runners on second and third base, Atsuki Tomosugi added a run on an sacrifice fly RBI single by and an RBI single by Kyota Fujiwara. They took a three-run lead in the second inning.

Starting pitcher Haruya Tanaka pitcher got off to a closer start with three outings in the first and second innings. He allowed hit in the top of the third and fourth innings, but struck out the next two batters to keep the game scoreless. After the fifth inning, he retired three consecutive inning and completely closer the opposing batters in the seventh inning with 2 hit no walks Hit by Pitch 5 strike out no runs on 96 pitches.

With two outs and the bases loaded in the bottom of the seventh, Ryusei Terachi added one more run on an RBI doble. In the bottom of the eighth, Takabe’s Walk, Tomosugi’s sacrifice bunt, Fujiwara’s hit and stolen base put runners on second and third with one out, and Yudai Fujioka ‘s sacrifice fly and an error scored two more runs.

In the top of the eighth, Shunsuke Nakamori pitcher tied the game with three outs, but in the top of the ninth, Fumiya Ono pitcher gave up three runs on four consecutive hits. Shota Suzuki pitcher, who was on first base with no outs, was loaded with one out and hit to third and sacrifice fly to runs the game, but the lead was preserved to close out the game. Haru Tanaka pitcher scored his third win. Fujiwara scored six runs in 11 hit, including a 4-hit-1 RBI to end the losing streak.

In the loss, Orix starter Alen Kuri pitcher allowed 8 hit 3 walks Hit by Pitch 3 strike out runs on 115 pitches in six innings. The relievers fell apart in the second inning for 3 runs. The offense created an opportunity in the top of the ninth inning from a doble by Ryoto Kita, and although a total of four runs were scored on RBI singles by Ryoma Nishikawa and Kotaro Kobayashi and sacrifice fly by Yutaro Sugimoto, the offense was unable to mount a comeback.
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O ● Alen Kuri-Shota Abe-Kazutomo Iguchi
○ Haruya Tanaka-Shunsuke Nakamori-Fumiya Ono-Shota Suzuki

Text by Mao Tsutsui

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