◆ Pacific League Rakuten Eagles Rakuten vs. Orix Buffaloes (14th, Rakuten Eagles Mobile Saikyo Park Miyagi)
Rakuten Eagles Eagles outfielder Ryosuke Tatsumi hit a solo home run to give his team the lead.
In the first inning, with two outs and the score tied 0-0, Tatsumi connected with a low, inside slider thrown by Orix Buffaloes starter Kuri. The ball made a resounding crack and landed in the left-field stands, scoring his seventh home run of the season and giving his team the lead.
![[Video] What?! A player is doing strength training during the match!!](https://hochi.news/images/2026/04/03/20260403-OHT1I51418-L.jpg)
![[Scoreboard] Rakuten Eagles vs. Orix Buffaloes](https://hochi.news/assets/v2/img/hochi_news_sns.png)
![[Rakuten Eagles] Kenta Maeda, who is on a two-game winning streak, will start on the 15th. "I want to do my best closer," he says, looking forward to facing his PL Gakuen junior... If he gets the win, it will be his 100th career win in NPB.](https://hochi.news/images/2026/07/14/20260714-OHT1I51409-L.jpg)
![[Rakuten Eagles] Rui Rui Muneyama returns to the starting line-up to stop the losing streak; Yoshiaki Watanabe to start for the first time in 5 games; Ryota Takinaka to start.](https://hochi.news/images/2026/07/14/20260714-OHT1I51412-L.jpg)
![[Rakuten Eagles] Contreras, Takinaka Ryota, and Kenta Maeda, who are currently off the roster, participated in starting pitcher practice. What will happen to their roles in the game Orix Buffaloes? Urena is the only starting pitcher on the first-team roster.](https://hochi.news/images/2026/07/13/20260713-OHT1I51387-L.jpg)
![[Farm] Kohiro Komori hits a first-pitch lead-off hitter home run! Tohoku Rakuten Eagles stop their losing streak.](https://media.insight.pacificleague.com/webp/qnNFP0qyrHN2OFO0D0Elu4A7XpYXUZYup221YGsd.webp)
