
◆ Pacific League Rakuten Eagles: Orix Buffaloes (14th, Rakuten Eagles Mobile is the strongest)
Rakuten Eagles 's pitcher José Ureña (34) started against Orix Buffaloes and pitched well, allowing only 4 hit and no runs through 7 innings.
The team was struggling with five consecutive losses, and he mound a starting spot after five days. They mass-produced ground ball outs centered around two seam fastball weighing over 150 kilograms. In the third inning, with two Walk and two outs, runners on first and second, he swung Nishikawa struck out. He calmly kept putting out multiple outs.
In the seventh inning, with a three-run lead, he faced a dangerous situation with two outs and runners on first and second base, and was taken out of the game. Second pitcher Sho Suzuki managed to get closer of the inning without giving up any runs.