◆Farm League West Division Orix Buffaloes vs. Hiroshima (19th, Kyocera Dome Osaka)

Orix Buffaloes He started Kohei Azuma pitcher and pitched 3 hit innings, surrendering nothing runs. It was his third game back after undergoing right elbow cleaning surgery in November 25 and his longest inning appearance since his return. He showed a solid finish, striking out 7 strike out with a fastest straight ball of 151 km/h.

In the first inning, he induced a swinging struck out off the leadoff runner Nahara, and with one out and a runner on first, he also swung struck out off Dobayashi, who had experience in the first team. In a crisis with two outs and runners on first and second caused by an error and a hit, he got Ramirez to a swinging struck out and showed a strong start.

In the second inning, he scored consecutive swing-and-miss struck out off Fabian and Takashi Nakamura, but Nishikawa struck out missed the opportunity. In the third inning, he led off with a series of hits, putting runners on first and second with no outs, but retired Kishimoto with a swinging struck out and then retired Dobayashi to a grounder to shortstop double play.

From the fourth inning onwards, Fujikawa, the team's first-round draft pick in 2013, took mound as the second pitcher.