[Rakuten]Sozan is active in his first match back! Maeken power throw!

On July 3, Rui Soyama, who injured his left hand in the opening game on March 20, joined the first team for the first time this season. He made his first appearance in the starting lineup as the No. 9 shortstop. Read the article about this video > https://news.ntv.co.jp/n/mmt/category/sports/mm0254346982364ac7ade77736070a63aa In the game, starting pitcher Takahisa Hayakawa hit a low breaking ball and allowed only two hits in eight innings against the Nippon Ham batting lineup. He had a career-high 12 strikeouts and showed ace pitching. In the 8th inning, with two outs and the bases loaded, Soyama came to bat. He had no hits in three at-bats so far, but he hit a timely double that went over the head of the outfield and wiped out the runner! Marked his first hit and first RBI of the season. Thanks in part to Soyama’s performance in his first match after his return, we achieved a comfortable victory. Rui Soyama: “Thank you for keeping everyone waiting. I’m home! I feel like this place is great after all, so I want to show even more of what’s good about it.” Starting pitcher Kenta Maeda showed some great pitching on the 4th. The veteran, who won his first win since returning to Japanese baseball in his last pitching, skillfully handled breaking balls from the get-go, and showed impressive pitching, allowing only three hits to the Nippon-Ham batting lineup through eight innings. Pitcher Maeda took the mound in the 9th inning as expectations for his first shutout since returning to Japanese baseball were high. However, with one out and 3rd and 1st base, he was in a pinch, and although he grounded out to the pitcher, the ball was not thrown home, giving Nippon-Ham a point. Pitcher Maeda unfortunately had to leave the game when he was on the brink of a shutout, but he pitched well, allowing one run in the middle of the 9th inning, and won consecutive games. This was Japan’s 99th victory in total. Pitcher Kenta Maeda: “I’m so disappointed! I was so excited by the fans’ cheers, and it would have been best if we could have kept it to zero, but let’s be glad that our team won! Rakuten Eagles are the best!” ◆ Click here for the latest news in Miyagi Prefecture[Miyatele NEWS NNN]https://news.ntv.co.jp/n/mmt #News #MiyagiTV #Miyatele ◆ Delivering the latest information and videos from Miyagi![Miyatele App]https://www.mmt-tv.co.jp/miyatele_app/[HP]https://www.mmt-tv.co.jp/[YouTube]https://www.youtube.com/c/miyatele[Video Portal]https://www.mmt-tv.co.jp/movie/ ◇Nippon Television News Bureau’s SNS X https://x.com/news24ntv TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@ntv.news Facebook https://www.facebook.com/ntvnews24 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/ntv_news24/ ◇The latest news from across the country is being distributed[NTV NEWS NNN]https://news.ntv.co.jp/