On August 13, in the 18th round between Tohoku Rakuten Eagles and Orix Buffaloes held at Rakuten Eagles Mobile's strongest Park Miyagi, Orix Buffaloes won convincingly 8-2.

Orix Buffaloes 's starter, Daiki Tajima pitcher, gave up the lead in the bottom of the 1st inning with Daisuke Nakashima 's 4th solo home run and a series of hits. They still put Walk into trouble, but did not allow any further runs. They rallied from the 2nd inning and took all outs in the bottom of the 3rd with struck out before being taken out. From the 4th inning, Raiku Katayama pitcher connected 2 inning with no runs.

Trailing two runs, Orix Buffaloes scored in the top of the fourth inning with two outs and runners on first and second, and Kotaro Kobayashi scored a timely hit to bring one run back, followed by Ryoto Kita 's two-run doble to take the lead. In the top of the fifth, Ryoma Nishikawa hit his ninth two-run homer. Then, in the top of the ninth, consecutive RBI hits by Yuma Mune and Yamanaka pulled away, bringing the score to 8-2. In the bottom of the ninth, Ryoga Tomiyama pitcher closed the game.

win Orix Buffaloes saw pitcher Katayama earn his second win of the season. Mune and Nishikawa put on strong performances, scoring a total of 10 hit and 8 runs, including 2 hit and 2 RBI, and the team secured their first game win of the season in Sendai. Meanwhile, Tohoku Rakuten Eagles saw starting pitcher Ryota Takinaka pitcher lose for the sixth time with 8 hit 5 runs over 5 innings. The offense started well and took the lead, but after the second inning, they were closer to two hit. Notably, Kyosuke Kaneko made his first professional hit.

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Otajima Daiki Tajima- ○ Raiku Katayama-Kento Kawase-Kaito Iriyama- Yamazaki Soichiro -Ryoga Tomiyama
Raku ● Ryota Takinaka- Tsurusaki Taisei - Marte -Haruto Nakagomi-Daichi Shibata

Written by Yokazu Sonoda