Hokkaido Nippon-Ham has won two straight home openers Ren Fukushima is 1 in 4 hit 4 strike out nothing runs

On 6 March, the opening match between Hokkaido Nippon-Ham and Saitama Seibu in ES CON FIELD ended in a 3-2 win for Hokkaido Nippon-Ham.

Starting pitcher Ren Fukushima pitcher got off to a perfect start until the second inning closer In the top of the third inning, he was pinch-hit with two outs and bases loaded on hit and Walk, but he missed Nevin and got out of the struck out to get out of the jam with no runs. In the top of the fourth, he struck out three batters again, exiting the mound after four innings of 68 pitches hit 1 Walk 4 strike out no runs.

In the first inning, Kota Yazawa hit and Kotaro Kiyomiya loaded the bases with the opponent’s bad throw, and Fukuya Yamazaki was moved to “No. 3 and DH” Between pitcher ‘s double play singles, runner third base scored the go-ahead run. In the bottom of the third, they added one more run on Kiyomiya’s solo shot in the opener. In the bottom of the fourth, back-to-back singles by Yuya Gunji and Kazunari Ishii put runners on first and third with two outs and Takuya Nakashima on RBI singles to make the score 3-0.

​Keito Matsuura pitcher entered the game in the top of the fifth inning and gave up hit to lead off the inning, then closer to struck out for the second straight out, but Shinya Hasegawa hit a two-run single to open the game. However, from the sixth inning, Zabara pitcher, Tsubasa Namatame pitcher and Takumi Yamamoto pitcher each tied the game at 1 inning runs, and Toshihiro Sugiura pitcher closed out the top of the ninth inning to end the game 3-2.

The win Hokkaido Nippon-Ham was 2 hit 1 RBI with Kiyomiya including a shot. They won their second consecutive opening match at home. Saitama Seibu, on the other hand, had starter Kaito Yoza pitcher runs allowed 7 hit no walks Hit by Pitch 3 on 50 pitches in four innings. The batting line was a total of seven hit, including one by Hasegawa, but it was one step short.
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West: Kaito Yoza-Shinnosuke Hada- Wingenter – Ramirez -Kaima Taira
○ Ren Fukushima-Keito Matsuura-Zabala-Tsubasa Namatame-Takumi Yamamoto-S Toshihiro Sugiura

Text by Haruka Sonoda

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