On 15 April, the first round match between Orix and Saitama Seibu was played in Kyocera Dome Osaka, where Orix win 2-0.

In the first inning, rookie Yusuke Mugitani, who was making his first professional start, hit and stolen base loaded the bases with no outs on an error by the opposing team, and scored on Ryo Ota 's grounder to infield. Starting pitcher Taito Takashima pitcher gradually improved from a shaky start, pitching 4 hit 1 Walk 4 strike out runs in seven innings.

After the first inning, the bats had been struggling to beat opposing starter Mitsunari Takahashi pitcher, but in the bottom of the eighth, they had a good opportunity to score on the second Shinnosuke Hada pitcher Walk and added one more run on an RBI single by Diaz. With a two-run lead in the top of the ninth, Machado pitcher closed out the inning to take a 2-0 lead and win.

The four-game winning streak on Orix is marked by Mugitani's 1 hit 1 Walk, while Ota's 11th consecutive hit. pitcher Takashima picked up his second win of the season. In the loss, Saitama Seibu starter Mitsunari Takahashi pitcher was unable to provide any relief with 4 hit 3 Walk 1 runs (earned runs 0 in seven innings, but the bats were scattered 4 hit.

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West: Mitsunari Takahashi -Shinnosuke Hada
○Yasutoshi Takashima - Perdomo - S. Machado

Text by Minami Niwa

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