[Professional baseball team]Saitama Seibu breaks losing streak thanks to Yusei Kikuchi’s spectacular pitching 2015/08/05 E1-6L

Saitama Seibu stopped the team’s worst losing streak at 13, and won the first victory in the second half since July 14th. Kikuchi, the starting pitcher, pitched 2/3 of the 6 innings with no runs and 5 strikeouts, making it hard to believe he was on a 3-game losing streak. In the first inning, Nakamura took the lead with a timely hit. In the 3rd inning, Watanabe and Kuriyama’s infield grounder scored 2 points. Furthermore, in the 9th inning, when Akiyama decided the 22nd hard hit award, which is the team record, with the 10th home run, Mejia also jumped out in a timely manner and decided the game. Rakuten barely managed to return one point in the 9th inning. (August 5 Rakuten-Saitama Seibu match highlights)