Orix Buffaloes Shota Abe pitcher (33) was canceled from the player registration on the 6th. He took the mound in the 8th inning immediately after winning 3 runs in the Nippon-Ham game (ES CON FIELD on the 5th, which achieved his first promotion of the season, and 3 runs including Tamiya's solo. When facing Gunji with two outs and first base, he injured the area near the back of his left thigh and left the game in 4 hit 3 runs in the 2/3 inning. After the game, he explained, "I felt like I was going to hang up, and in the end, it became 'strange'.

He is expected to undergo a medical examination at the hospital today. The right-handed pitcher, in his sixth year as a professional, had been trying out a new pitching form this season, lowering his arm position to a more sidearm position, in an attempt to bounce back from a season in 2025 when he only appeared in 16 games, but unfortunately had to leave the team after just one game.