At the top of the first inning, Lotte's complete no-kill base, Moore (center) took Yasuda out and hit a four for the first goal (photographed by Maki Umene)
At the top of the first inning, Lotte’s full undeath base, Moore (center) took out Yasuda and hit a four for the first goal (photographed by Maki Umene)

It was an important first match in the battle for first place, but I was disappointed in the development that I got tired of seeing. For the first time, again, Softbank offered Lotte two points for self-destruction as shown in the picture. Fujiwara is Nigoro. Shuto was unable to catch the ball and the record was equal to an error on the infield hit. The next Nakamura Shou is a four-ball even though he is in bunt position. Also, Martin is full of dead balls. Four balls pushed towards Yasuda, and Sangoro on Inoue was the second point because Kai couldn’t catch the ball thrown by Nobu Matsuda.

One of the hit lines misses the Futaki starting lineup. 9 strokes for 7 times. Five of them are ignored. I couldn’t see any countermeasures for the leadership battle.

In addition to the self-destruct pattern, it was full of skies. Moore started the third inning without death at second base and allowed Martin, a runner at second base, to steal three without warning. In the sixth inning, Tamura stole first base and, as a result, Fujiwara lost the third point on the right front throw.

In the sixth inning, Lotte 2 died at third base, Fujiwara hit the right front in a timely manner (photographed by Kozo Imanami)
In the sixth inning, Lotte 2 died at third base, Fujiwara hit the right front in a timely manner (photographed by Kozo Imanami)

From Lotte’s point of view, the first two points were obtained without doing anything just standing. Only one point was reached by Fujiwara’s timely strike. Taking advantage of self-destruction and ski-filled baseball, he became the first white star of a game that was easily caught advancing through the game.

Lotte has many crown positives and has undergone a major replacement, and at first glance it looks negative, but Fujiwara, who has been promoted from 2nd Army, has responded to the appointment 3 strokes early in this game. The starting lineup also aims to fill Iwashita’s gap with Chen Wayne. Speaking of strength, Wada and Oka’s alternate run cannot be used at the end of the competition.

Softbank has a higher win rate due to the lower number of losses, but if we don’t stop this chain of self-destruct patterns, we will have to fight Lotte, who has eight games to play. (Daily sports critic)

In the sixth inning, Lotte 2 dies at first base, Kudo returns to the bench after announcing the starting pitcher change (photographed by Kozo Imanami)
6th inning Lotte 2 Death 1st base, Kudo returns to the bench after counting the starter change Moore (photographed by Kozo Imanami)