Kota Tatsu win for the first time in about a month and a half! Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters wins the series
Pacific League Insight
2025.9.4(木) 21:17
On September 4, the 19th game between Chiba Lotte and Hokkaido Nippon-Ham in Zozo Marine Stadium ended with Hokkaido Nippon-Ham win 9-2.
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham took the lead in the top of the second inning with Yuya Gunji ‘s No. 7 solo. Still, from 1 out and 1st base, Kotaro Kiyomiya player scored an additional run with a timely doble, and in the top of the 3rd inning, Kota Yazawa, Gunji, and Kiyomiya Yuki scored 4 runs with timely hits.
Starter Kota Tatsu pitcher started with a three-way retirement in the first inning. After the second inning, he caused a pinch with hit and Walk, but he got through it with no runs, and the sixth inning was 116 pitches, 5 hit, 3 walks Hit by Pitch 6 strike out no runs. In the top of the 7th, Tatsuki Mizuno player soloed No. 5, and in the top of the 8th, player Torai Fushimi hit a timely doble to make the score 8-0.
In the bottom of the eighth, third runner Toshihiro Sugiura pitcher gave up two runs on Acevedo’s No. 1 two-run, but the batting line added one run on a grounder in the top of the ninth inning. The bottom of the ninth inning ended with Taisei Yanagawa pitcher to end the game with a score of 9-2. Tatsu pitcher raised the white star for the first time since July 14th. In the batting lineup, Gunji player scored 2 hit 4 RBI, and Yuki Kiyomiya scored 2 hit 2 RBI, decorating the card victory.
On the other hand, in Chiba Lotte, starter Yuto Kimura pitcher had 6 innings of 94 pitches, 8 hit walks, Hit by Pitch 6 strike out 6 runs. The batting line advanced runner to scoring position five times, but did not take advantage of the opportunity and scored only Home Run, which will be Acevedo’s first visit to Japan.
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Sun 024000111 9
Ro 000000020 2
Sun ○ Kota Tatsu-Yukiya Saito-Toshihiro Sugiura-Taisei Yanagawa
B. Yuto Kimura-Toshiya Nakamura- Guerrero
Written by Yokazu Sonoda
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