On July 3, the 13th round between Orix Buffaloes and Saitama Seibu Lions was held at Hotto Motto Field Kobe and ended in a 4-4 draw.

Orix Buffaloes took the lead in the bottom of the second with Tomoya Mori 's sixth solo homer. In the bottom of the third, with the score tied, Yuma Mune, Ryoma Nishikawa, and Tomoya Mori gave Walk a one-out-bases loaded opportunity, and consecutive RBI hits by Kotaro Kobayashi and Ryo Ota gave the team a three-run lead.

Starting pitcher Taito Takashima pitcher caused a two-out, runners-on-first and second crisis with hit and Walk in the top of the third, but Natsuo Takizawa 's timely hit tied the game at the time. Immediately after giving up a run of runs, he escaped the top of the fourth inning with two outs and runners on third. However, in the top of the fifth, with one out and runners on first and third in a series of hits, Takizawa gave up two runs with a timely hit and sacrifice fly. With two outs and runners on first and second, Kaito Saiki pitcher came in to closer the next batter and avoided a comeback.

From the sixth inning, Sho Iwasaki pitcher and Soichiro Yamazaki pitcher each connected the inning with no runs. However, in the top of the eighth, the fourth pitcher Ren Mukunoki pitcher gave up a run due to a timely doble by Takuya Hiruma, tying the game. In the bottom of the ninth, although runner were in scoring position, no runs were scored, and the game entered the extra inning series.

　Machado pitcher closer the top of the 9th and the top of the 10th with no runs. In the top of the 11th, Kento Kawase pitcher was hit and two Walk with one out, bases loaded the , but Hiroshi pitcher closer the next hitter in double play. Hiroshi pitcher crossed innings and closer the top of the 12th with three players. In the bottom of the 12th inning, with the score tied 4-4, the lineup created a good opportunity with one out and a runner on second with Ryoma Yamanaka Walk and Sho Fukunaga sacrifice bunt, but the next batters collapsed and the game ended in a tie.

Orix Buffaloes Keita Nakagawa pitched 3 hit for a total of 12 hit, but they failed to score from the 4th inning onward. On the other hand, Saitama Seibu Lions pitcher Takahashi threw 90 pitches with 5 hit 4 Walk 5 strike out 4 runs over 3 innings, and seven relief pitchers performed a runs relay. In the lineup, Takizawa recorded 3 hit 2 RBI, and Hiruma, who was immediately promoted to starting line-up, recorded 3 hit 1 RBI. Notably, Ryosuke Moriwaki pitcher, who pitched in the bottom of the sixth, closer his return to the first team in three years without runs.

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Nishi: Kosei Takahashi, Yuta Nakamura, Ryosuke Moriwaki, Hibiki Hibiki Shinohara, Wingenter, Hiroshi Kaino, Masaya Kuroda, Taishi Mameda
O Takashima Yasuto -Kaito Saiki-Sho Iwasaki- Yamazaki Soichiro -Ren Mukunoki- Machado -Kento Kawase- Hiroshi

Written by Aoi Nishijima