On 22 March, the second round match between Western League regular season and Orix Hiroshima was played in Sugimotoshoji Buffaloes Stadium Maishima, and Orix won 3-1 and win.

Orix In the bottom of the first inning, Kendai Moto 's hit, Kosei Osato 's Walk and Ryoto Kita 's hit loaded the bases with two outs and bases loaded Tomoya Noguchi A two-run RBI single by a player led to the opening goal. After that, the hit was closer, but in the bottom of the fifth, back-to-back singles by Kosuke Tajima and former players and sacrifice bunt by Osato created a chance, and Seiya Yokoyama 's hit by a ball induced the opposing fielder’s choice to score one more run.

Starting pitcher Kazuma Sato pitcher got off to a good start, holding Hiroshima hitless through three innings closer a no-hitter. In the top of the sixth, he pinch-hit a Walk with one out and bases loaded, but he gave up the rest of the inning and pitched well in the sixth inning, going 3 hit 2 Walk 4 strike out and runs in the sixth. Shota Abe pitcher, the fourth baseman who entered the game in the top of the eighth, gave up one run on an RBI single on a bunt hit and a wild pitch to load the bases with no outs, but in the top of the ninth, Kaito Saiki pitcher closer with no runs to end the game 3-1.

pitcher Sato pitched six innings with a closer of 3 hit runs. Former players and Kurita each scored 2 hit.

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Wide ●Ryunosuke Sato - Tatsuya Matsumoto - Yuta Saito - Takehisa Masuda
○ Kazuma Sato-Kazutomo Iguchi-Kaito Oe-Shota Abe-Kaito Saiki

Text by Yui Kayama

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