On June 5, the first round of the 'Nippon Life Central-Pacific League 2026' between Hiroshima and Orix Buffaloes held in Mazda Stadium ended in a 2-2 draw.

Orix Buffaloes took the lead in the first inning with a solo homer of Keita Nakagawa in the leadoff pitch. Starting pitcher Jerry pitcher gave up a doble to Fabian with one out and a runner on first in the bottom of the fourth, but thanks to a good throw from fielder, he got runner out at home with a runner on first. He got through this inning without runs, then failed to allow any runs in the bottom of the fifth, throwing 73 pitches, 5 hit 1 Walk 3 strike out runs and no pitch.

In the bottom of the sixth, Soichiro Yamazaki pitcher connected with no runs. However, in the bottom of the 7th, Naruki Teranishi pitcher allowed a timely triple by Norihiko Nahara with two outs and a runner on third due to a teammate's error, tying the game. With two outs and runners on first and third, Kaito Iriyama pitcher took the mound but runner scored on third during a battery error, giving the team a one-run lead.

In the top of the ninth, trailing by one run, with Ryoto Kita player hit and runners on second and third, the score was tied with Ryoma Nishikawa player sacrifice fly. The match went into extra inning but missed opportunities in the 10th and 11th innings. pitcher pitcher ended in a draw with Machado scoring 2 inning in the 10th inning and Kosei Yoshida pitcher closer in the bottom of the 12th inning without runs. Substitute Kita marked 2 hit.

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O Jerry - Yamazaki Soichiro -Naruki Teranishi-Kaito Iriyama-Sho Iwasaki Sho -Ren Mukunoki- Machado -Kosei Yoshida
Hiro Tamamura Shogo - Hahn - Moriura Daisuke - Taka Taichi - Endo Junji - Tsuji Taiga

Written by Aoi Nishijima