On February 25th, the "2026 Ball Spring Miyazaki Baseball Games" held at SOKKEN Stadium Orix Buffaloes vs. Chiba Lotte Marines, and Orix Buffaloes won comfortably 6-1.

Orix Buffaloes starter Taisuke Yamaoka pitcher gave up the first run in the first inning, but did not give up runner after that. 3 innings, 2 hit 1 runs, appealed to enter the starting rotation. From the top of the 4th inning, the 2nd runner, Shumpeita Yamashita pitcher, took the mound and pitched 2.2 innings with 1 hit no runs. In the top of the 6th inning, 3rd runner Shota Abe pitcher, who rose to mound with 2 outs on 1st and 2nd base, got through the pinch, and did not let the opponent's batting line counterattack after the 2nd inning.

The batting line returned to the starting lineup in the bottom of the first inning with Ryoma Nishikawa player leading hitter home run to a 1-1 draw, and in the bottom of the sixth, player Tomoya Mori took the lead and carried two runs to the right stands. He still created a chance with no outs on first and second base, and Haruto Watanabe player's timely hit to right-center triple made it 5-1. In the bottom of the 7th inning, with 2 outs, 1st and 2nd base, Tomoya Noguchi player hit back to the left field and scored the 6th run.

On the other hand, in the first inning, Chiba Lotte Marines third base line player advanced to second base with a hit by Hiromi Oka player in the lead, and Polanco took the lead with a timely hit from third base with one out. Starter Jackson pitcher allowed a solo arch but was 2 hit 1 runs in the third inning, and Shuta Takano pitcher in second inning was 2 hit runs no .

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Jackson -Shuta Takano-Koshiro Sakamoto-Shota Suzuki-Rikuto Yokoyama-Koshiro Hiroike
Taisuke Yamaoka, Shumpeita Yamashita, Shota Abe, Ryoga Tomiyama, Kazuma Sato, Soichiro Yamazaki

Text by Ayako Kikuchi

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