[Orix Buffaloes] Achieves their third shutout game victory of the season, tying their record with a 7-game lead! Tomoya Mori delivers the doble Yasuto Takashima pitches seven runs innings for a perfect 3-0 record to start the season | Pacific League

[Orix Buffaloes] Achieves their third shutout game victory of the season, tying their highest win-loss record with 7 games above .500! Tomoya Mori hits the game-winning doble Yasuto Takashima pitches 7 runs innings for a perfect 3-0 record to start the season.

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May 4, 2026 20:29

Yasuto Takashima and Kenya Wakatsuki (left) return to the dugout after closer a clean seventh inning (Photo by Haruko Yoshimura)

◆ Pacific League Orix Buffaloes 3-0 Lotte (April 4th, Kyocera Dome Osaka)

Orix Buffaloes The team's third shutout game win of the season brought its lead back to seven games, tied for the most this season. Takashima, the starter, pitched seven innings of scoreless runs baseball to win his third straight game. Pacific League Kyocera Dome Osaka Mukunoki and Machado were runs and closer winless from the eighth inning.

In the sixth inning, with one out and a runner on first, Moritomo hit a go-ahead doble to left-center field. Following that, Nishikawa hit an RBI single to center field, and Nakagawa added two more runs with sacrifice fly to center field. With both pitching and hitting clicking, they firmly maintained their lead in the standings.

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