[Orix Buffaloes] Daiki Tajima 's performance took a turn for the worse in the 2nd inning... With two outs and no runner on base, he gave up 5 runs after 4 Hit by Pitch and a hit by pitch, followed by a shocking knockout after striking out struck out | Pacific League

[Orix Buffaloes] Daiki Tajima 's performance took a turn for the worse in the second inning... With two outs and no runner on base, he gave up five runs after four Hit by Pitch a hit by pitch, followed by a shocking knockout after striking struck out in a row.

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June 24, 2026 18:59

In the 2nd inning with two outs, bases loaded and Ukyo Shuto gave up an RBI single to first base infield hit to Daiki Tajima (Photo by Haruko Yoshimura)

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Orix Buffaloes pitcher Daiki Tajima suddenly faltered in the second inning with his team leading by two runs.

With no outs, Yanagida and Imamiya hit consecutive swings and missed struck out to cook. However, he gave Unno a Walk, Tanigawara hit a single to center, and Masaki hit a Walk, putting the team in a two-out bases loaded crisis, and then gave Shuto a timely infield hit to first base. After that, he gave up a bases-Walk to Kondo, gave up a bases-Hit by Pitch to Kurihara, and then gave up a two-run single to center off Makihara.

At this point, manager Kishida switched to reliever Katayama. Tajima had given up a leadoff hitter run to Masaki in the first inning, and had given up 4 hit, 5 Hit by Pitch, and 6 runs in 1 1/3 innings.

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