◆Nippon Life Insurance Central and Pacific League Interleague Play 2025 Yakult vs. Orix (22nd, Jingu)
Orix pitcher Ryuhei Sotani left the game after 5 1/3 innings, giving up 6 hit 2 runs, and striking out 5 strike out.
In the first inning, he had two outs and a runner on first and second, but he got Masuda to ground out to third runs and didn't allow a run in the second through the fifth innings.
In the sixth inning, with the score at 4-0, he gave up a solo home run to leadoff batter Uchiyama over the left field wall. He then allowed consecutive doble to Osuna and Masuda, losing the second run. Still in a pinch with no outs and a runner on second base, struck out out Yamada. However, at this point, manager Kishida announced that he would be changing pitcher.
The second pitcher, Yamaoka, took over and struck out out Ito swinging and got Miyamoto to ground out to shortstop, preventing any further runs.
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