◆ Pacific League Orix Buffaloes 3-1 Lotte (July 7th, Kyocera Dome Osaka)

Orix Buffaloes With a one-run lead, the team switched from Takashima to Yamazaki with one out bases loaded in the 6th inning, and although they lost a run on a push-out Walk with two outs, they did not allow the winning run to score. Mamoru Kishida praised the team, saying, "We did well to come home with a single run.

In the 7th inning, Perdomo got out of a pinch with one out and two on, and the lineup won the game immediately after. We're going with a winning pattern pitcher," he said. He sent out the two players he had lose pitcher trusted in the previous game against Nippon-Ham (ESCON) and stopped the losing streak at three.

Having won the opening game of the series for the first time this season, their winning percentage has returned to 50%. "I think we'll have more games like this, so we just have to be patient and keep trying to win them," he said, tightening the reins.