◆Preseason game Hanshin Tigers and Orix (23rd Kyocera Dome Osaka)
Orix win first game in eight games in the final game of the preseason. For manager Kishida, who is in his first year in the position, this was his long-awaited first win at home in the eighth game at Kyocera Dome Osaka.
In the first inning, Nakagawa hit the first pitch of the inning doble to left center, and he went all the way to third base between center fielder and Chikamoto's bad throw. The following inning, Ota marked the fourth pitch of the inning sacrifice fly and scored the first run from Hanshin Tigers starter Monbetsu in just five pitches.
In the fifth inning, with the score at 1-0, consecutive hits by Munemitsu and Nakagawa with one out put runners on first and third base, and then a weak hit by Ota bad throw to home plate by third baseman Teru Sato, widening the lead to 2-0.
In pitching, starter Takashima pitched 6 hit innings of 4 nothing runs and 6 strike out. The right-hander, who is expected to pitch in the third game of the season opener against Rakuten on the 30th, showed his good form.
In the seventh inning, the second pitcher Furutajima gave up one run, but in the eighth inning, the third pitcher Perdomo and in the ninth inning, the fourth pitcher Machado closer the score at runs.
The batting line scored two points on this day, bringing their total to 37 points in the 16 exhibition games. There are still some concerns about the offensive line, which was the cause of the team's slump in fifth place last season, but the team hopes that this win at home will be a good medicine for the opening game.
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