In the 25th game between Orix and Saitama Seibu on October 2nd in Kyocera Dome Osaka, Saitama Seibu won a close game 6-5 and finished the Orix game of the season with 11 wins and 14 losses.

Saitama Seibu batting line took the lead in the top of the second inning with a timely doble by Keisuke Nakata player from 1st and 2nd base, and Yuto Koga player hit a hit in front of the center fielder at a good opportunity on 2nd and 3rd base. While catcher Kenya Wakatsuki, who received a return ball at home, deflected his throw to first base, the two runner and Koga players homered at once. This inning scored 4 runs in one fell swoop.

Furthermore, in the top of the 3rd inning, Nakata added 1 run with a timely hit in 2 consecutive at-bats. Behind that, starter Tatsuya Imai pitcher lost two runs due to a timely triple by Kosei Osato players, but immediately after that, in the top of the 4th inning, Seiya Watanabe player hit a timely hit, and the score became 6-2.

In the bottom of the 6th inning, Imai pitcher caused a pinch with 2 outs on 1st and 3rd base in 2 hit, and Wakatsuki hit a timely doble with 2 runs and left the mound in the 6th inning with 5 hit 3 walks Hit by Pitch 7 strike out 4 runs. In the bottom of the eighth, third runner Hiroshi Kaino pitcher lost one run due to an error by a teammate, but in the bottom of the ninth, Kaima Taira pitcher kept a one-run lead.

In the Saitama Seibu that win, Imai pitcher won his 10th victory and reached double-digit win for the third consecutive year. pitcher Taira has his 31st save, the league's sole lead. In the batting lineup with 6 runs scored on 9 hit, Nakata scored 2 hit 2 RBI, including the first hit.

On Orix the other hand, starter Ryuhei Sotani pitcher did not perform well with 5 innings, 9 hit 3 Hit by Pitch 6 runs (earned runs 5). The batting line scored 5 runs in 5 hit and closed the gap to 1 point, but the early runs resonated.

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West 041100000 6
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West ○ Tatsuya Imai-Haruto Yamada-Hiroshi Kaino- S Kaima Taira
O Ryuhei Sotani-Raiku Katayama-Kaito Iriyama-Kaisei Tomatsu- Soichiro Yamazaki

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