Professional baseball Nippon-Ham played against Orix in a sponsored game held in Kushiro City, Hokkaido, and after the 7th inning, it became a sunset call game and drew 0-0.
In the 3rd inning, with the bases loaded with 1 out, Nippon-Ham, who had lost 6 straight, showed a good play to prevent a run by Yuta Furukawa throwing the ball to the right to the home, putting the runner on 3rd base out.
Starting pitcher Kenya Suzuki had two hits in the 4th inning, and was in a pinch with no outs and the bases loaded. I got through it.
On the other hand, in the 5th inning, No. 9 Sugitani Takashi hit the right field and ran to third base while the opponent deflected the ball, but after kicking the base, he could not return to third base and touched. I was out and missed the chance to score first.
This game was held with clouds covering the sky, and it got dark after 4:00 pm, so after the 7th inning, the referees discussed it, and as a result, it was a sunset call game, and Nippon-Ham was 0 to 0. and drew with Orix.
The stadium in Kushiro City does not have lighting equipment, and even in the official game of Nippon Ham held three years ago, the game was called sunset in the middle of the eighth inning.
After the match, Coach Shinjo said, "It wasn't dark when I saw it from the bench, but it was dark when I stepped out onto the ground. It's hard to see the electronic bulletin board, and it's dangerous when you're throwing a ball that weighs nearly 150 kilograms." I was satisfied with the decision of the cold game.
On top of that, he looked back on the game, saying, "Today was a lot of stomping. The opponents couldn't hit a single ball with the bases loaded, and we made mistakes when running the bases.