Pacific League Nippon-Ham 6-1 Seibu (5th, ESCON)
Regarding the condition of starting pitcher Natsuki Takeuchi who was hit directly on the left ankle by a batted ball and had to leave the game in the middle of the fourth inning, manager Nishiguchi explained, “We don’t know yet.”
With the score still 5-0 and one out in the fourth inning, Ichibata’s hit hit Takeuchi’s left ankle without bounce. Unable to chase the rolling ball, Takeuchi crouched down on the spot and, after a while, managed to walk back to the bench on his own, but he never reappeared and was taken out of the game after 3 1/3 innings with 6 hit 6 runs (4 earned). He went to a hospital in Sapporo without waiting for the end of the game.
In the third inning, when both sides scored a run in the top of the inning, the scoreless third inning saw four straight hits from the top of the order to put one ahead, and after one out bases loaded, Guji’s timely hit up the middle and Manaya Nishikawa outfielder to home run bad throw allowed the lead to grow to 3-0. infielder With one out and runners on second and third, Mannami squeeze to third base line and J.D. Davis catch to first throw, while second runner came back alive. 2 runs squeeze were scored.
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