On June 20, in the 11th round between Orix Buffaloes and Saitama Seibu Lions held in Kyocera Dome Osaka, Saitama Seibu Lions win 4-0.

Saitama Seibu Lions took the lead in the first inning with two outs and a runner on second, thanks to Canario's timely hit. In the top of the second inning, Walk and hit created a two-out, bases loaded opportunity, but Masayuki Kuwahara pushed Walk out. Then, in the top of the fifth, Shinya Hasegawa and Yuto Koga hit timely hits, extending the lead to 4 runs.

Starting pitcher Chihiro Sumida pitcher allowed a hit to the leadoff hitter Ryoma Nishikawa player in the first inning and did not allow a single runner to reach base until the seventh inning with two outs and Walk in the seventh inning. Without giving the opposing lineup any opening, he came in again in the bottom of the ninth, and despite giving doble to Ryoma Yamanaka with two outs, he closer the next batters and the game ended.

For the Saitama Seibu Lions who win, starter pitcher Sumida threw 115 pitches in 9 innings, pitching 3 hit 2 Walk 8 strike out runs without a single pitch. This marked his sixth win in his second shutout game win of the season. The lineup featured Canario hitting 2 hit 1 RBI and Taiga Hirasawa had 2 hit.

Meanwhile, the losing Orix Buffaloes started by Perdomo pitcher, who pitched 94 pitches in 4.2 innings, throwing 7 hit 4 Walk 4 strike out 4 runs and failing to produce a game. The relief lineup was connected by Ryusei Gonda pitcher and Raiku Katayama pitcher without runs, but the lineup was down to 3 hit ahead of the opposing starter pitcher Sumida.

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Nishi ○ Chihiro Sumida
O ● Perdomo -Ryusei Gonda-Raiku Katayama

Written by Yui Kayama