On 5 April, Orix won the second round of the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham and Orix matches in ES CON FIELD, 11-1.

Orix took the lead in the top of the first inning with a Shuhei Fukuda hit and Ryoma Nishikawa infield hit with one out and a runner on third base and a Yutaro Sugimoto sacrifice fly. Yuma Tongu followed with a two-run triple in the third.

With two outs in the top of the fourth, Ryoma Yamanaka added one more run on doble, his first professional hit, and Kenya Wakatsuki 's RBI doble. Tomoya Noguchi followed with a Walk to put runners on first and second with two outs, and Fukuda's RBI single scored the second run of the inning.

In the top of the fifth, when the opposing pitcher was replaced, Nishikawa's doble, Sugimoto's hit, and Masahiro Nishino 's Walk loaded the bases with one out, bases loaded, and Yamanaka's two-run RBI single added a run. In the top of the sixth, Tonmiya's RBI doble made it 8-1. Then, in the top of the seventh, with two outs and two outs, Fukuda and Ryo Ota hit back-to-back RBI singles from third base to score the 10th run. In the top of the ninth inning, Ota hit an RBI single and didn't let up on the offense.

Starter Alen Kuri pitcher came in the bottom of the first inning with two outs Chusei Mannami He was hit by a solo shot in the first inning. In the bottom of the third, back-to-back infield hit with two outs put runners on first and third, but Manha was able to get out of the jam with a struck out to end the inning closer pinch-hitting. After the bottom of the fourth, he rebounded and didn't allow a runner to reach second base until the eighth inning, pitch continued. In the bottom of the ninth, Soichiro Yamazaki pitcher closed out the game with no runs.

win Orix starter pitcher Kuri pitched eight innings of 106 pitches, five hit no walks Hit by Pitch 6 strike out 1 runs to earn his first win since transferring. Fukuda recorded 3 hit 2 RBI and six players recorded 2 hit for a total of 16 hit 11 runs in a row to win five consecutive games.

The Hokkaido Nippon-Ham had a lackluster outing, going 7 hit 2 Walk 2 strike out 5 runs on 75 pitches in four innings, including starter Shoma Kanemura pitcher giving up three runs in the first inning. The offense was unable to connect with Manha, who had his first Home Run of the season but lacked connecting, scoring one run in 6 hit and suffering his first back-to-back losses of the season.

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○ Alen Kuri- Yamazaki Soichiro
● Shoma Kanemura-Takumi Yamamoto-Koki Matsuoka-Koji Fukutani-Yukiya Saito

Text by Rihoko Niwa

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