◇ Orix Buffaloes vs. Tohoku Rakuten Eagles 20th Round (26th, Kyocera Dome Osaka)

Orix Buffaloes 's 5 pitcher relievers pitched 7 inning runs in solid struggling.

​Kyosuke Saito pitcher, making his first start of the season, gave up 2 runs in the first inning and 3 runs in the top of the second, and was pulled after 50 pitches in 2 innings, 5 hit 2 Walk 1 strike out 5 runs (earned runs 3). The second pitcher, Raiku Katayama pitcher, who came in from the top of the third inning trailing by 5 runs, carried runner every inning hit but failed to let the pitch reach second base at crucial moments. 3 inning was combined into 3 hit no runs.

From the top of the sixth, trailing by one run, Ryoga Tomiyama pitcher, Kaito Iriyama pitcher, and Soichiro Yamazaki pitcher each connected the inning with no hit pitch. Then, in the bottom of the eighth, the lineup scored three runs in one go with Kenya Wakatsuki 's go-ahead hit, turning the game around. In the top of the ninth, closer Machado pitcher closed out the game with three players. Relief from 5 pitcher brought win in with excellent relief.

Text by Aoi Nishijima