On June 21, Yokohama DeNA and Chiba Lotte played in Yokohama Stadium and lost the second round of the “Japan Life SEPA Exchange Match 2025” with Chiba Lotte losing 0-5 by shutout game.
After entering the professional ranks, Koshiro Hiroike pitcher moved up to the first team mound for the first time. In the first inning, he retired three batters on 10 pitches, mainly straight balls, and showed a steady start. However, in the bottom of the second inning, Hidego Maki led off the inning with a Home Run and was hit by Yoshitomo Tsutsuka and Yasutaka Tobuchi. He was baptized as a pro with three consecutive Home Run and walked 46 pitches in hit 2 innings Hit by Pitch 3 strike out 3 runs to get out of mound.
After the third inning, the sophomore Shuta Takano pitcher held the opposing bats scoreless until the fifth inning, hit scoreless. He gave up one run in the bottom of the sixth on a leadoff Home Run by Maki, but he threw the inning and threw 71 pitches in four innings hit 3 Walk 4 strike out 1 runs in relief.
The batting lineup that wanted to support the Yankees reached base in the first three inning, but they were held scoreless with a groundout in front of opposing starter Shinichi Onuki pitcher. In the top of the fourth inning, back-to-back singles by Misho Nishikawa and Naonori Yasuda put runners on second and third with two outs, but they couldn’t get another run. After the fifth inning, they started their offense early in the count, but were unable to advance runner into scoring position.
In the bottom of the seventh, Naoya Masuda pitcher, who was on third, gave up one run on an RBI single to make it 5-0. In the bottom of the eighth, Yusuke Azuma pitcher closer three runners on base, but the top of the ninth inning trailed by five runs. With two outs, Misho Nishikawa loaded the bases with infield hit, but Naonori Yasuda flied out to right field to end the game.
In the loss, Chiba Lotte No. 4 Higashitsuma pitcher made his first start of the season and runs a inning. Kyota Fujiwara and Nishikawa each hit 2 hit to score a total of 7 hit, but they were unable to score runs.
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● Koshiro Hiroike-Shuta Takano-Naoya Masuda-Yusuke Azuma
○ Shinichi Onuki
Written by Ao Yokoyama
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