On August 26, in the 20th round between Orix Buffaloes and Tohoku Rakuten Eagles held in Kyocera Dome Osaka, Orix Buffaloes win 7-5.

Orix Buffaloes 's starter, Kyosuke Saito pitcher, in the first inning, Walk and teammates made errors with two outs and runners on first and third, but Itsuki Murabayashi and YG Yasuda hit consecutive RBI hits to give up two runs. In the top of the second inning, he gave up consecutive RBI hits from Rui Muneyama and McCuscar, and was pulled after 50 pitches in two innings, 5 hit 2 Walk 1 strike out 5 runs (earned runs 3).

In the top of the third, the second pitcher, Raiku Katayama pitcher, closer runs with no , the lineup immediately followed in the bottom of the third, with Kenya Wakatsuki and Yusuke Mugitani hitting in succession, and from two outs with runners on first and second, Ryoto Kita and Ryo Ota scored three runs. Then, in the bottom of the fifth, with one out, Kida Ota, and Kotaro Kobayashi hit three consecutive hits to add runs, narrowing the gap to one run.

If pitcher Katayama runs no in the top of the 4th and 5th, from the 6th inning onward, Ryoga Tomiyama pitcher, Kaito Iriyama pitcher, and Soichiro Yamazaki pitcher each connected the inning with no runs. Then, in the bottom of the eighth, the leadoff batter Kururin reached base at doble, but Tomoya Noguchi 's sacrifice bunt drew an error from the opponent, allowing runner to score on second during that time. With one out and runners on second, Kenya Wakatsuki scored a go-ahead timely doble and Yusuke Mugitani hit a timely single, turning the game around with three runs in the inning. In the top of the ninth, leading by two runs, Machado pitcher closed out with three batters, ending the game 7-5.

Orix Buffaloes, who came from behind win, saw fifth pitcher pitcher Yamazaki claim his fourth win of the season. In the lineup, Wakatsuki posted a go-ahead hit with 3 hit 1 RBI, and Kita posted 2 hit 2 RBI. Meanwhile, the defeated Tohoku Rakuten Eagles saw Kosei Shoji pitcher throw 118 pitches hit 8 3 Walk 9 strike out 4 runs over 6 innings. Although he maintained the lead until the end, the third Katsutoshi Tai pitcher took a heavy blow. Incidentally, Muneyama marked 2 hit 2 RBI.

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Kosei Shoji-Marte-● Katsutoshi Tai
O. Kyosuke Saito-Raiku Katayama-Ryoga Tomiyama-Kaito Iriyama- ○ Yamazaki Soichiro - S. Machado

Written by Aoi Nishijima