[Farm Team] Ryoma Ikeda drives in 2 RBI including his 3rd home run, as Orix Buffaloes wins a close game.

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Ryoma Ikeda Orix Buffaloes The Buffaloes © Pacific League TV
Ryoma Ikeda Orix Buffaloes The Buffaloes © Pacific League TV

On May 5th, the 12th round of the Farm regular season and Fukuoka Softbank vs. Orix Buffaloes held at Tamahome Stadium Chikugo was win by Orix Buffaloes 3-2.

Orix Buffaloes 's starter, Kaisei Tomatsu pitcher, allowed infield hit in the bottom of the first inning, but he got through with double play hits. After that, I gave a runner every time, tightened the key points and runs up to 4 times. On the other hand, the batting line succeeded in taking the lead in the top of the second inning with sacrifice fly by Ryoma Ikeda players from 1st and 3rd base with no outs.

The batting line added one run in the top of the 5th inning with Ikeda's No. 3 solo. The following players Haruto Mikata and Yosuke Kubota also connected with consecutive hits, and with one out on first and third base, the score was 3-0 with Kosuke Tajima 's squeeze. pitcher Higashimatsu caused a pinch with one out and bases loaded in the bottom of the fifth inning with consecutive hits and Walk, but only scored one run between infield grounders.

From the 6th inning, he entered the relay pitch, and in the bottom of the 6th inning, Shota Abe pitcher closer to retire with 3 outs. The third runner, Taketo Ashida pitcher, cut off the follow-up in the bottom of the 7th inning while being hit by a hit to lead hitter, and in the bottom of the 8th, he retired with only 4 pitches. In the bottom of the ninth, Seiryu Kotajima pitcher lost one run on a timely infield hit by Keio Fujino, but Ryusei Gonda took the mound from bases loaded with no outs, and succeeded in extinguishing the fire with double play hits and a struck out swing, ending the game 3-2.

win Orix Buffaloes, starter Higashimatsu pitcher made the game with 4 hit 5 Walk 6 strike out 1 runs on 96 pitches in 5 innings. In the batting lineup, Ikeda scored 2 RBI, including No. 3 solo, and Naito scored 2 hit.

On the other hand, in Fukuoka Softbank, starter C. Stewart Jr. pitcher pitched 7 innings with 95 pitches, 6 hit no walks, Hit by Pitch 8 strike out 3 runs. Inoue hit 2 hit in the batting lineup, but there was no more hit at the right opportunity.

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O ○ Kaisei Tomatsu-Shota Abe-Taketo Ashida Seiryu Kotajima-Ryusei Gonda
So ●C. Stewart Jr. - Almenta

Written by Riyoko Niwa

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[Farm Team] Ryoma Ikeda drives in 2 RBI including his 3rd home run, as Orix Buffaloes wins a close game.