On August 30, in the 29th round of the Farm regular season Orix Buffaloes vs. Hanshin Tigers held at Hotto Motto Field Kobe, Orix Buffaloes lost 6-9.

Orix Buffaloes started with Taiga Uehara pitcher. Although he carried runner in the first inning, he closer runs out, but in the top of the second, with Walk and an error, runners on second and third and no outs, Ryuhei Obata hit a timely single and Junya Nishi gave up a sacrifice fly, allowing two runs in the inning.

pitcher Uehara also runs two in the top of the fifth inning with a timely triple by Masahiro Tateishi and a sacrifice fly by Garcia. He was pulled after 92 pitches, 6 hit, 5 walks Hit by Pitch 2 strike out 4 runs (earned runs 1) in the 5th inning. Meanwhile, the lineup scored three runs in the bottom of the fifth, including Yutaro Sugimoto 's sixth two-run homer. The deficit was 3-4, closing the gap to just one run.

Then, in the bottom of the seventh, Ho Naito hit two consecutive solo homers in two games, tying the game. However, in the top of the eighth, Kento Kawase pitcher gave up five runs with three consecutive RBI hits. In the bottom of the eighth, Kendai Moto scored two runs on a timely doble, but the comeback fell short and the game ended 6-9.

The lineup featured 14 hit 6 runs, with Sho Gibo scoring 4 hit and Naito 3 hit, but also 4 errors and defense errors.

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Kami Noto Takato - Matsubara Kai - Iwasada Yuta - ○ Ishii Daichi - Ogawa Ippei - S Moretta
O Taiga Uehara-Hiroshi-Kosei Yoshida ● Kento Kawase-Issei Watanabe

Text by Mao Tsutsui

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