◆ Pacific League Orix 2-8 Lotte (5th, Hotto Motto Kobe)
Orix lost heavily to bottom-placed Lotte, handing the top spot back to Nippon-Ham in two days. Tajima, the starter, was hit 9 hit 5 runs times and left the mound after 3 0/3 innings, the shortest of the season. The team suffered its fourth loss in a row, as it was unable to get its offense going, including two consecutive hits by Yamamoto.
Manager Kishida analyzed, "Yamamoto is a scary batter. I think I was pitching with caution, but I think I was a little too lenient." Regarding his first battery with Mori, he explained, "I don't know what will happen. I'd be more afraid of him coming to the end of the season and never having faced him before."
With the third-place Softbank closing in on them with no games difference, the manager said, "There's still half a season left. We just have to persevere." "We'll switch gears again and do our best," he said, looking ahead to the series win.
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・ [Game Details] Orix vs. Lotte
・ [Orix] Daiki Tajima gave up 5 runs in the 4th inning and fell to the top of the league... Diaz failed to win 4 straight games for the 4th time this season, his first home run since coming to Japan
・ [Orix] Daiki Tajima left the game after 3/3 innings, giving up 9 hit 5 runs and was hit by Daito Yamamoto in the shortest time of the season in two consecutive at-bats.
・ [Orix] Kotaro Kobayashi, who was hit by Hit by Pitch may have had minor injuries... Manager Mamoru Kishida: "We replaced him to be on the safe side." His participation from the 5th onwards will be decided on the day
・ [Orix] Maintaining first place, Ryuhei Sotani hits three Home Run in the first inning for the first time in eight years, leading the team and tying his personal best with seven wins
