On June 10, in the second round of the 'Nippon Life Interleague 2026' between Orix Buffaloes and Tokyo Yakult held in Kyocera Dome Osaka, Orix Buffaloes win 8-4.

In the first inning, Orix Buffaloes created a one-out bases loaded opportunity with hit by Ryoma Nishikawa and Kotaro Kobayashi, and Ryo Ota Walk, then scored first with Keita Nakagawa sacrifice fly. In the bottom of the fifth, with two outs and runners on first and second, Ryoma Yamanaka hit a timely single, and with two outs and bases loaded, Yuma Mune, Nishikawa, Kurinashi, and Ota also hit RBI singles, bringing the team to seven runs in one go.

Starting pitcher Ryuhei Sotani pitcher pitched a perfect pitch through five innings in the first half. In the top of the sixth, Montel gave up a timely hit from a runner on first with no outs and Tadashi Masuda with two outs and a runner on third, giving up two runs, but the lead remained unchanged. In the final moments, he retired all three ba closer tters in order in the top of the 7th and 8th innings.

Even with a 6-run lead in the top of the ninth, pitcher Soya went mound. Osuna gave up his third two-run homer, but the reinforcements closer, ending the game 8-4. Orix Buffaloes, who secured the winning match, saw pitcher Soya win his complete game fourth win this season with 125 pitches over 9 innings, 5 hit, 1 Walk, 4 runs, and 4 strike out 4 . The lineup showed a connection with 13 hit 8 points, including Kenya Wakatsuki player 3 hit, and players Mune and Ota 2 hit and 2 RBI.

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Ya ● Keiji Takahashi - Kota Shoji - Reishi Ozawa - Kosuke Sakaguchi
O ○ Ryuhei Sotani

Written by Aoi Nishijima