First professional baseball game held at new stadium Many fans enjoy the game | Iwate Nippo IWATE NIPPO

The professional baseball Pacific League official match “Rakuten-Softbank” (sponsored by Rakuten Baseball, Iwate Nippo, and IBC Iwate Broadcasting) was held at Kitagin Ball Park in Nagai, Morioka City on the 16th, with Rakuten winning 3-0. bottom. The first professional baseball at the new stadium that opened in April. Many fans enjoyed the heated match.

16,070 people attended. From this season, the ban on cheering the audience was lifted, and they sent a big cheer for each ball. Keisuke Takiura, a third-year student at Morioka Kahoku Elementary School, said, “Every time I hit a home run or struck out, everyone was excited and it was fun. I want to come again.”

In the game, Rakuten scored three runs with home runs by Tsuyoshi Yamazaki, Hideto Asamura, and Franco, and kept SoftBank’s hitters scoreless with five consecutive pitchers.

On June 28th, the same stadium will host the “Giant-Yakult”.

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For details, please see the Iwate Nippo article dated May 17.