Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters escape losing streak with a good pitching and hitting combination. Verhagen gives up one runs in five innings to earn his third win. | Pacific League

On August 2, the 17th game between Orix and Hokkaido Nippon-Ham in Kyocera Dome Osaka ended in a 7-1 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham win. I stopped the losing streak.

Hokkaido Nippon-Ham created a good opportunity in the first inning with hit by Ryota Isobata and Kotaro Kiyomiya, and took the lead with two runs on Reyes’ timely hit and Yuya Gunji ‘s sacrifice fly. In the top of the 4th inning, Gunji’s hit and Kazunari Ishii ‘s sacrifice bunt scored the second run with two outs and second base, and Yuki Nomura in the top of the sixth, Yuya Gunji ‘s No. 6 solo scored the third run.

Starter Berhagen pitcher was put on first and second base with no outs in the bottom of the first inning, but he finished the cleanup with three consecutive struck out and got through the situation with one out and bases loaded in the bottom of the second inning with double play. In the bottom of the 3rd inning, he was hit by Yutaro Sugimoto ‘s No. 10 solo, but in the bottom of the 4th and 5th innings, the three of them finished the attack, and left the game with 66 pitches in the 5th inning 4 hit 2 Walk 6 strike out 1 runs. In the bottom of the sixth, Kenta Uehara pitcher and in the bottom of the seventh, Taisho Tamai pitcher connected with a three-way strikeout.

In the top of the eighth, leadoff hitter Go Matsumoto hit a triple and added the fifth run with a timely hit by Reyes with one out. In the top of the ninth, Matsumoto scored two runs in a timely doble, and the score was 7-1. In the bottom of the eighth, Seigi Tanaka pitcher, and in the bottom of the ninth, Yukiya Saito pitcher connected without danger, ending the game. Berhagen pitcher won their third game, with Go Matsumoto, Reyes and Yuya Gunji 2 hit 2 RBI and Nomura 3 hit 1 RBI.

In the losing Orix, starter Ryuhei Sotani pitcher threw 85 pitches in 5 innings, 6 hit 1 Hit by Pitch 5 strike out 3 runs. The relief team was also 4 runs, and the batting line was 1 hit after the 4th inning. Kenya Wakatsuki has maintained his strong form with five consecutive hit games, including two consecutive hit marks.
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Sun ○ Verhagen-Kenta Uehara Taisho Tamai-Taito Tamai-Seigi Tanaka-Yukiya Saito
O Ryuhei Sotani- Soichiro Yamazaki -Kaisei Tomatsu- Yasuto Takashima

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