◆ Pacific League: Softbank Hawks vs. Orix Buffaloes (22nd, Mizuho PayPay Stadium)

Orix Buffaloes pitcher Daiki Tajima was added to the active roster on the 22nd. In his ninth professional season, he has started 10 games, with a record of 2 wins and 4 losses and ERA 6.28. In the game against Lotte on the 10th (at ZOZO Marine Stadium), he gave up 5 hit and 3 runs in 1 1/3 innings, failing to perform at his best, and was sent to the farm team for the fourth time starting the 11th.

The left-hander, who had been struggling in his last four games, failing to complete five innings in three of them, made a relief appearance in the eighth inning of a farm league game against Hanshin Tigers Tigers (SGL) on the 18th. He pitched well, allowing no hit runs in two innings and striking out one strike out, with his fastest pitch reaching 147 km/h.

He joined the team as the first overall pick in the 2017 draft and started all 148 games in NPB. On May 6 against Lotte (Kyocera Dome Osaka), he had reached 50 career wins. He is expected to be in the bullpen as a reliever. In the first game of the series on the 21st, Anderson Espinoza pitcher pitched 7 innings and 1 runs to record his career-best 9th win, but was removed from the roster.