On August 11, the 16th round match between Tohoku Rakuten Eagles and Orix Buffaloes was held at Rakuten Eagles Mobile Saikyo Park Miyagi, with Orix Buffaloes win 9-1. They earned their first win of the season in Sendai.

Orix Buffaloes Starting pitcher Alen Kuri pitcher caused a teammate error in the first inning and put runners on second with one out, but retired the next batters and runs no pitch. From the second inning onward, he retired three batters in inning a row. In the bottom of the fourth, Daisuke Nakashima allowed the lead with his third solo homer, but immediately in the top of the fifth, Tomoya Noguchi came up with a go-ahead three-run two-run run to get the lead.

Kuri pitcher continued his stable pitch, leaving the mound with 5 hit 1 Walk 5 strike out 1 runs 1 120 pitches over 7 innings. In the top of the 8th, the lineup hit a timely three-run doble in the Kotaro Kobayashi pitcher, and in the top of the 9th, Yuma Mune, Ryoto Kita, and Masahiro Nishino hit RBI hits, putting the lineup 9-1.

In the bottom of the ninth, Kento Kawase pitcher retired all closer three batters in order, ending the game. Starting pitcher pitcher Kuri earned his eighth win. In the batting lineup, Noguchi hit a go-ahead homer for the first time in a month for the hit, and Kurebayashi went 3-hit RBI, finishing starting line-up hit 13 hit 9 runs.

On the other hand, the defeated Tohoku Rakuten Eagles started by Kosei Shoji pitcher, who achieved a HQS with 6 hit 2 Walk 5 strike out 2 runs over 7 innings, 101 pitches. In the batting lineup, Nakajima hit Home Run for the fourth consecutive hit, but was unable to break through the opponent's pitcher line with 6 hit runs on a sporadic 6 1 run.

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O ○ Alen Kuri-Ren Mukunoki-Kento Kawase
Raku ● Kosei Shoji-Daichi Shibata- Taisei Tsurusaki - Contreras

Written by Ao Yokoyama