◆ Pacific League Orix 2-0 Seibu (15th, Kyocera Dome)
Seibu 's starting pitcher Mitsunari Takahashi, who took mound for the third game of the season, left the game after giving up four hit one runs in the seventh inning. Despite throwing 116 pitches, the team was unable to secure their first win in two years.
The fastest straight ball was 153 kilometers in the stadium display. In the first inning, after 10 pitches to Mugitani in the leadoff spot, he allowed a bases-loaded walk to hit Nakamae, and then allowed the go-ahead run to score on Ota's second grounder. In the second inning, he couldn't get a ball in place, and he was able to get through with two consecutive Walk and bases loaded no outs, but he got through with no runs. In the third, fourth and fifth innings, he bounced back to slash three straight inning runners on base, but once again he was unable to get any batting support.
Last season, he pitched in 15 games but was unable to win a single game since the start of the season, with a record of 0 wins and 11 losses. His first appearance of the season was on the 30th against Nippon-Ham (Belluna D), where he gave up 7 hit 6 runs in 5 innings, resulting in his first loss. In his second game on the 8th against Lotte (Belluna D), he gave up 4 hit 1 runs in 5 innings, but the batting line did not support him and the team was not awarded a win or loss. He had been aiming for his first win in 583 days since September 10, 2023.
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