On 11 May, Saitama Seibu and Chiba Lotte played in Belluna Dome and Saitama Seibu won the seventh round match 10-0. It was the first time in 69 years that the team had won three consecutive shutout game win games on the same card since June 1956.

Saitama Seibu batted first and third with one out in the bottom of the third inning on Manaya Nishikawa 's Walk and Natsuo Takizawa 's hit, and Seiya Watanabe 's RBI single to take the lead. Nevin followed with a two-run doble to score three runs in the inning. In the bottom of the sixth, with two outs and the bases loaded, Yuto Koga hit an RBI single to score the fourth run of the game.

​Chihiro Sumida pitcher, the starter, loaded the bases with two outs in the first inning, starting with doble, but Soto Finish the player in struck out and stand up with no runs. In the top of the fifth, he pinch-hit with two outs and bases loaded, but a infield grounder made it runs again. He retired three batters in the next two inning closer and exited after seven innings of 98 pitches hit 2 Walk 8 strike out.

In the bottom of the seventh inning with a four-run lead, Kiyoshi Watanabe's hit and an error put runners on first and third with one out, giving Takeya Nakamura the right doble. Tozaki connected on a Walk with one out and bases loaded, Genda's two-run RBI doble, Shinya Hasegawa 's sacrifice fly and Koga's RBI doble scored five runs in the inning. In the bottom of the eighth, Ryosuke Kodama also hit an RBI single to score double-digit runs for the first time this season.

​Shunsuke Sato pitcher was runs in the top of the eighth inning and E. Ramirez was in the top of the ninth. pitcher ended the match with a three-way tie. Saitama Seibu win and pitcher Sumida picked up his league-leading fifth win of the season. In the batting lineup, Genda and Kiyoshi Watanabe each hit 3 hit for a total of 14 hit 10 runs.

On the other hand, Chiba Lotte starter Shuta Ishikawa pitcher threw 92 pitches in six innings, allowing 7 hit 3 Walk 2 strike out 4 runs. Yudai Fujioka players went scoreless for a total of four hit in three hit, snapping a three-game losing streak of shutout game losses. Second-year Oto Hayasaka pitcher made his professional debut in the bottom of the eighth inning.

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● Shuta Ishikawa-Yuto Kimura-Shuta Takano-Oto Hayasaka
West: Chihiro Sumida, Shunsuke Sato, E. Ramirez

Text by Aoi Nishijima

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