On August 5th, in the 14th round between Orix Buffaloes and Tohoku Rakuten Eagles held in Kyocera Dome Osaka, Orix Buffaloes win 3-1.

Orix Buffaloes took the lead in the first inning with two outs on Ryoma Nishikawa 's solo home run of the 7th. In the bottom of the fourth inning with the score tied, Kotaro Kobayashi and Ryoto Kita hit consecutive hits to get runners on first and third with one out, and Keita Nakagawa grounded out to infield to take the lead. In the bottom of the seventh inning near the end, Kenya Wakatsuki extended their lead to two runs with a sacrifice fly hit.

Starting pitcher Espinoza pitcher led by one run in the top of the third inning when McCuscar hit a timely hit to tie the game, but after receiving run runs from the fifth inning onward, he closed the pitch tightly and did not allow any runs. He was taken out after 111 pitches in the seventh inning, 9 hit 2 Walk, 4 strike out 1 runs.

From the 8th inning, Ren Mukunoki pitcher and Machado pitcher each retired the first inning in order to retire all three batters, closer the game ended 3-1. win Orix Buffaloes, Espinoza pitcher reached 10 wins for the first time in his third year in Japan. In the lineup, Kita delivered two hit performances.

Meanwhile, Tohoku Rakuten Eagles pitched Ryota Takinaka pitcher with 93 pitches, 5 hit, 1 Hit by Pitch, and 3 runs over 7 innings. The lineup briefly tied the game, but then missed chances became more frequent, and the team suffered their sixth consecutive loss. Notably, McCuscar recorded 2 hit 1 RBI.

123456789 total
Easy 001000000 1
O 10010010X 3

Raku ● Ryota Takinaka-Daichi Shibata
O ○ Espinosa -Ren Mukunoki- S Machado

Written by Aoi Nishijima