On 14 May, Orix win 5-0 in the 10th round of the Western League regular season Orix vs. Chunichi in Sugimotoshoji Buffaloes Stadium Maishima.

The starter, Raiku Katayama pitcher, started the first inning with a three-way tie. In the top of the third inning, he allowed a leadoff doble, but struck out the next two batters on infield grounders. In the top of the fifth, an error put runners on first and second with two outs, but he settled down and runs pitch. He went 2-hit in the fifth inning with no Hit by Pitch runs and mound.

In the bottom of the third inning, Ryu Sugisawa and Ryoma Yamanaka hit back-to-back RBI singles to take a two-run lead on a four-Hit by Pitch chance. After the fourth inning, they added another run on RBI singles by Seiya Yokoyama and Dale, as well as a sacrifice fly by Yamanaka and a inning third in a row.

In the sixth inning, he took over and took on Taiki Ono pitcher, Ryusei Gonda pitcher, Kazutomo Iguchi pitcher and Kaede Yokoyama. The match ends with pitcher and no runs. Orix contains shutout game win. pitcher Katayama is regular season first win. Sugisawa had 2 hit 1 RBI, including the opener, and Yamanaka had 1 hit 2 RBI.

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Middle ● Yoshida Seiya - Fuku Takato - Moriyama Akio - Nonaka Tensho
○ Raiku Katayama-Taiki Ono-Ryusei Gonda-Kazutomo Iguchi-Kaede Yokoyama

Text by Minami Niwa

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