◆ Pacific League Seibu 1-10 Nippon-Ham (16th, Belluna D)
Starting pitcher Watanabe Yuutaro gave up 11 hit 5 runs (4 earned) in 4 innings, suffering his sixth loss.
It was his first appearance in six days since his last start, on the 9th against Rakuten (Berna D), when he left the game in the second inning due to “right adductor tightness”. With two outs in the first inning and four consecutive hits from third base, he spent 31 pitches to get off to a three-runs start. In the third inning, second baseman and Hirasawa made an error to load the bases, and while handling Ishii’s next hit ball to right-center wall, center fielder Nishikawa fell. Bad luck combined and they conceded two more runs, but they couldn’t stop the momentum of the Nippon-Ham batting line.
As a result, he was unable to pitch through the fifth inning and was taken out of the game. He said, “I was trying to somehow stop the three runs I gave up in the first inning, but I got emotional when we allowed hit that fell between defense and I couldn’t keep my composure.Today’s result was due to my own weakness.”
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