The Pacific League official game “Rakuten-Nippon-Ham” (sponsored by Rakuten Baseball Team, Iwate Daily, IBC Iwate Broadcasting) was held on the 22nd at the prefectural stadium in Mitsuwari, Morioka City. Shot a 3 run over the right and won the goodbye 6-3. The professional baseball last game of the same stadium, which opened in 1970, ended with the highest excitement with 15,585 spectators. In Rakuten, starting pitcher Takayuki Kishi made a good pitch with 2 runs in the 7th inning. The batting line reversed to 3-2 with Hideto Asamura’s solo in the 4th inning to chase one point. Although he was caught up in the eighth inning, Sora Suzuki (Fuji Univ.), Who rescued him, refused to follow in two consecutive strikeouts. Ginji (Morioka Chuo High School) from Fudai Village had no hits in 4 at bats, such as falling into a strikeout at the opportunity of bases loaded with 2 deaths in the 7th inning.
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For more details, please see the Iwate Nippo main paper dated June 23.
