On 14 June, Chiba Lotte lost 0-5 in the second round of the “Japan Life SEPA Exchange Match 2025” between Chiba Lotte and Tokyo Yakult in Zozo Marine Stadium.
Chiba Lotte started Kazuya Ojima pitcher. Until the third inning, he got off to a perfect start, closer the opposing hitters. However, in the top of the fourth inning, Hidetaka Namiki led off the inning with a solo shot to No. 1. In the top of the fifth, with two outs and one on third base, Ryuei Ito hit a two-run single triple, and with two outs and one out, Santana hit an RBI single from third base to end the runs inning. He couldn’t hold on to 83 pitches in five innings hit 1 Walk 1 strike out 4 runs.
pitcher Riku Kikuchi, who entered the game in the top of the sixth inning, hit a solo shot to Tetsuto Yamada with two outs. In the top of the seventh, Guerrero pitcher gave up Walk to lead off the inning, but retired the next three batters to end the inning runs In the top of the eighth, Naoya Masuda pitcher closer with three runners on base, and in the top of the ninth, Toshiya Nakamura pitcher, making his first start of the season, finished with runs despite giving up runner.
One batting line was unable to penetrate the opponent’s pitcher. After the third inning, they couldn’t get a single runner out, and in the bottom of the ninth, they were down 3 and the game ended 5-0. pitcher Kojima, who runs four in the fifth inning, took his fifth loss of the season, allowing only two hit from Ryusei Terachi and Yudai Fujioka to score.
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Ya ○ Yoshimura Mitsujiro – Shimizu Noboru – Shoji Kota
● Kazuya Ojima-Riku Kikuchi- Guerrero -Naoya Masuda-Toshiya Nakamura
Text by Mao Tsutsui
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