Shinya Sugai gave up no runs in the seventh inning, earning his second win of the season! The batting line also recorded 16 hit

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2025.4.16(水) 21:11

Saitama Seibu Lions pitcher Shinya Sugai © Pacific League TV
Saitama Seibu Lions pitcher Shinya Sugai © Pacific League TV

On 16 April, the second round match between Orix and Saitama Seibu was played in Kyocera Dome Osaka, where Saitama Seibu win 5-0.

In the first inning, back-to-back singles by Manaya Nishikawa and Sosuke Genda put runners on first and third, scoring a run in the double play. In the top of the third inning, Nevin hit a solo shot for his first Home Run of the season, and in the top of the fourth, Nishikawa hit an RBI single with two outs and bases loaded to make it 3-0. In the top of the sixth, they added one run on an error to extend the lead to four.

Starter Shinya Sugai pitcher survived a one-out bases loaded in the first inning with a double play and then ended the bottom of the second inning with a leadoff run on base at double play. After that, he continued to pitch carefully, and in the bottom of the seventh inning, with two outs and one on second base, he was removed from the game. He threw a career-high 109 pitches, allowing 4 hit 5 Walk 3 strike out runs in 6.2 innings.

Shunsuke Sato pitcher, who entered the game in the middle of the seventh inning, needed just one pitch to get out of the jam before giving way to Wingenter pitcher in the bottom of the eighth. They added one more run in the top of the ninth on Nevin's RBI doble and pitcher Ramirez closed out the bottom of the ninth.

Saitama Seibu started pitcher Sugai for his second win of the season. Nevin scored a total of 16 hit 5 runs, including 2 hit 2 RBI and Takeya Nakamura 3 hit. The loss came in Orix when starter Ryuhei Sotani pitcher allowed three runs in five innings hit nine innings. The offense also went 2 double play early in the game and 1 hit after the sixth inning.

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West 101101001 5
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West: Shinya Sugai, Shunsuke Sato, Wingenter, E. Ramirez
O Ryuhei Sotani-Kazutomo Iguchi-Shota Abe-Raiku Katayama

Text by Minami Niwa

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