On 19 April, the eighth round match between Western League regular season and Fukuoka Softbank vs. Orix at Tamahome Stadium Chikugo was win by Fukuoka Softbank 7-4.

Fukuoka Softbank took the lead in the bottom of the second inning on back-to-back singles by Tomoya Inoue and Yoshiyasu Sasakawa, a Walk by Downs to put on a bases loaded out and a Walk by Shuya Oizumi. With bases loaded and no outs, they added one more run on a infield grounder to put the score at 5-0 when Itua Ikhine and Yuto Kawamura hit RBI singles. In the bottom of the third inning, with runners on first and second with no outs, Oizumi scored two runs on an RBI doble and Kenta Tanigawara sacrifice fly to cut the lead to seven.

Starting pitcher Yugo Bando pitcher, who received a lot of support from the start, put runner in scoring position with Hit by Pitch and stolen base in the first inning, but got through the runs without a run. After that, the three inning got off to a good start, with three players each. In the top of the sixth, he allowed doble to Jo Endo and loaded the bases with two outs, but he struck out the next two batters and retired the side in the top of the seventh with closer and mound in the seventh inning on 94 pitches, 2 hit 3 Hit by Pitch 3 strike out no runs.

In the top of the eighth, Koichiro Okada pitcher gave up four runs in the fourth hit 1 Walk but was stranded on third base with two outs Yuwa Miyasato After pitcher broke the deadlock, Miyazato pitcher closer the game with no runs in the top of the ninth inning. Fukuoka Softbank, who win 7-4, Yugo Bando pitcher runs in seven innings to earn his first win of the season. The offense scored 8 hit 7 runs in efficiency. Itua Ikhine players have recorded 2 hit 2 RBI.

In the loss, Orix starter Naruki Teranishi pitcher hit 6 Walk 7 runs (earned runs 6) on 86 pitches in five innings. The offense scored four runs in the eighth inning, but it wasn't enough. Haruto Watanabe players have scored 2 hit 1 RBI 1 stolen base.

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O ● Naruki Teranishi-Kohei Azuma-Kaito Oe
So ○ Yugo Bando-Koichiro Okada-Yuwa Miyasato

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