The 8th round match between Hokkaido Nippon-Ham and Orix Buffaloes will be played on May 2 at 2:00 p.m. at ES CON FIELD.

The winner will be Hokkaido Nippon-Ham (4th place) vs. Orix Buffaloes (1st place), 4-3.

Preliminary Round
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham: Ruei-Yang Gu Lin pitcher 5 games 0-1, ERA 6.23
Orix Buffaloes: Espinosa pitcher 4 games, 4 wins (tied for 1st place), 0 losses, ERA 0.62 (2nd place)

Hokkaido Nippon-Ham... Ruei-Yang Gu Lin pitcher went to his first start of the season. in his second year, he made five appearances as a reliever and pitched one inning of no hit 1 Walk no runs relief against Orix Buffaloes on April 5. after joining the farm on April 16, he made a start against Tokyo Yakult on April 21 and pitched 2.2 innings of 4 hit 5 strike out 2 runs.

On the other hand, Orix Buffaloes 's starter was Espinosa pitcher, who is undefeated this season. Hokkaido Nippon-Ham In their last game against the A's (April 24), they recorded an HQS of 3 hit 1 Walk 7 strike out 1 runs in 7 innings, so expectations are high for this game as well. On the batting line, he is second in the league with a .324 batting average Ryoma Nishikawa The player who hit the first batter in the previous day's game.
　
Text by Rian Ueno