On 12 April, the fifth round match between Tohoku Rakuten and Orix was played in Rakuten Mobile Park Miyagi, where Orix win 4-2.

Orix In the first inning, Yuma Mune, Ryo Ota and Keita Nakagawa hit put runners on first and second with two outs, and Yuma Tongu scored two runs on an RBI doble. With two outs and the bases loaded, Diaz and Kotaro Kobayashi hit RBI singles to put the Yankees on a four doble-run lead in the first inning.

Reliable starter Alen Kuri pitcher Hiroto Kobukata in the first inning He was pinch-hit with two outs and bases loaded on a hit and Walk, but he retired the next two batters with struck out and continued to runs pitch the rest of the inning with runner on in each inning until the fifth. In the bottom of the sixth, for the first time in the game, the Tigers closer three outs, and they were scoreless in the bottom of the seventh and eighth innings. He walked mound in the eighth inning on 114 pitches, 6 hit 3 Walk 9 strike out and no runs.

In the bottom of the ninth inning with a four-run lead, Seiryu Kotajima pitcher was on the Rui Muneyama They conceded two goals due to timely triple by their players, but they were able to hold on to the lead and end the game. In the Orix win, pitcher Kuri earned his second win of the season with 6 hit runs in eight innings, while Tonmiya went 2 hit 2 RBI and Mune and Ota went 2 hit. The card was decided to win.

On the other hand, Tohoku Rakuten lost the game, and starter Tomotaka Matsui pitcher went 9 hit 1 Walk 4 runs on 86 pitches in four innings. Received after Uchi Seiryu pitcher, Ryuta Konno pitcher, Takuma Matsuda pitcher were runs pitch each, but the offense couldn't fight back with eight hit and two runs scored, snapping a five-game losing streak. Muneyama hit 2 hit 1 RBI, while Ofukada and Yukiya Ito hit 2 hit.

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○ Alen Kuri-Seiryu Kotajima
● Tomotaka Matsui-Uchi Seiryu-Ryuta Konno-Takuma Matsuda

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