On June 7, in the third round of the 'Nippon Life Central-Pacific Interleague 2026' between Hiroshima and Orix Buffaloes held in Mazda Stadium, Orix Buffaloes lose 2-5. After a draw, they suffered five consecutive losses.

Orix Buffaloes Starting pitcher Riku Miyaguni pitcher disrupted control with two outs bases loaded in the bottom of the 2nd inning, allowing two bases-loaded Walk in a row. He then gave up a two-run doble to Ryosuke Kikuchi and was taken out after 4 runs. With two outs and runners on second and third, Raiku Katayama pitcher did not allow any more runs. In the bottom of the third, all three ba closer tters retired in order.

In the top of the 4th, the lineup created a chance with one out, bases loaded hit by Keita Nakagawa and Ryoto Kita players. When Ryoma Yamanaka continued with timely infield hit, Kotaro Kobayashi scored sacrifice fly, bringing back two runs in this round. From the 4th inning onward, the relievers continued to pitcher 5 innings including pitcher Katayama, who had been in the innings, and continued to count 0s through the 7th inning.

However, in the bottom of the eighth, seventh pitcher Hiroshi pitcher gave up a run on a timely hit. In the top of the ninth inning, with the score tied 2-5, Kurebayashi reached base with two outs, but in the end, pinch hitter Yutaro Sugimoto flied out to right. Starting pitcher pitcher Miyakuni threw 41 pitches in 1.2 innings, throwing 3 hit 3 Walk 4 runs and couldn't make the game. The lineup failed to meet the bullpen's resilience, scoring 5 hit and 2 runs.

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O ● Riku Miyaguni-Raiku Katayama-Kosei Yoshida-Sho Iwasaki- Soichiro Yamazaki -Naruki Teranishi- Hiroshi
Hiro ○ Okamoto Shun - Hahn - S Moriura Daisuke

Written by Ao Yokoyama