On March 29, the third game between Orix Buffaloes and Tohoku Rakuten Eagles was played in Kyocera Dome Osaka, and Orix Buffaloes win 5-4.

Orix Buffaloes 's starter, Daiki Tajima pitcher, scored two runs in the first inning thanks to Daisuke Nakashima players' timely doble and sacrifice fly. Still, the batting line returned one run in the bottom of the first inning with three consecutive hits, and the following Ryo Ota player chose Walk and expanded the opportunity with no outs and bases loaded. Keita Nakagawa The player's timely hit was involved in an enemy error and added 1 run, and succeeded in turning the game around with 3 runs in this inning. In the bottom of the second inning, Kotaro Kobayashi player hit and Hit by Pitch made it 1 out, 2nd and 3rd base, and Taishi Hirooka player added 1 run with a timely hit. Furthermore, in the bottom of the 4th inning, Kobayashi hit a solo shot to extend the lead to 3 runs.

After the second inning, Kaede Yokoyama pitcher connected with 1 inning and Soichiro Yamazaki pitcher 2 inning with a runs each. However, in the top of the 5th inning, Yoshihisa Hirano pitcher was hit by Naoki Sato 's No. 1 solo, and in the top of the 6th, Seiryu Kotajima pitcher was hit by Itsuki Murabayashi player's timely hit, forcing a one-run lead.

Still, Perdomo pitcher in the top of the 7th inning and Ren Mukunoki pitcher in the top of the 8th inning connected with a three-way strikeout, and Machado in the top of the 9th pitcher closed the match. Orix Buffaloes, who win 5-4, pitcher Tajima went off the mound with 19 pitches and 3 hit no outs in the first inning Walk 2 runs, but the relief team kept the lead. In the batting lineup, Kobayashi and Hirooka are showing 3 hit 1 RBI performance.

On the other hand, Tohoku Rakuten Eagles had a bitter result in his first professional appearance, with starter Sota Fujiwara pitcher 3 innings 47 pitches, 8 hit 2 walks Hit by Pitch, 1 strike out 4 runs (earned runs 3) in 3 innings. The batting line was close to one point, but it fell one step short. Naoki Sato player has scored 3 hit 1 RBI including Home Run.

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Daiki Tajima-Kaede Yokoyama- Soichiro Yamazaki -Seiryu Kotajima- Perdomo -Ren Mukunoki- S Machado
O ● Sota Fujiwara- Taisei Tsurusaki -Chia-Hao Sung-Masaya Nishigaki-Sora Suzuki-Shoma Fujihira

Written by Aoi Nishijima