◇ Orix Buffaloes vs. Chiba Lotte Marines 6th round (4th, Kyocera Dome Osaka)

Orix Buffaloes of the Tomoya Mori player hit a timely doble for the first run.

Moritomo made his first start in two games as "No.2 DH". In the bottom of the 6th inning with no runs scored by either team, Moritomo entered the game batting third with one out and one on, and hit a fastball to the first base of the opposing team's first batter. Kazuya Ojima pitcher The first pitch of the game, a low, straight ball, was hit by a pitch. The ball hit the left-center field wall and finally broke the balance of the game.

The Orix Buffaloes batting lineup, which had been closer limited to 2 hit and Kojima pitcher until the 5th inning, was still unable to get a hit off of Moritomo. But still, starting with a hit by Moritomo, Keita Nakagawa The team scored three runs in the inning, starting with a hit by Moritomo and sacrifice fly by Kojima.

Moritomo commented.
I was hoping to score the first run, so I'm glad it was a timely one!

Written by Aoi Nishijima