On 8 April, the first round match between Orix and Fukuoka Softbank was played in Kyocera Dome Osaka, with Fukuoka Softbank winning 5-2 and win. It was their first back-to-back wins of the season.

Fukuoka Softbank The offense opened the scoring in the first inning with two outs and one out on an RBI single by Tomoya Masaki from third base. In the top of the second inning, Takashi Umino extended the opportunity with a sacrifice bunt from first base with no outs, and Taisei Makihara hit an RBI triple at the right time. In addition, runner scored on an error from third base with one out to give the Yankees a three-run lead. In the top of the sixth, fielder’s choice Kai and Ukyo Shuto hit RBI singles to make it 5-0.

Starting pitcher Moinello pitcher was hit in each of the first three inning but closed out the pitch. Despite needing a pitch count, he closed the fifth inning with 6 hit 4 Hit by Pitch 4 strike out no runs and walked mound with win pitcher authority.

In the bottom of the sixth, Shuto Ogata pitcher, the sophomore, hit a two-run shot off Yuma Tongu in the fourth, but after the seventh, Kazuki Sugiyama pitcher and Yuki Matsumoto pitcher pinch-hit were unable to do so runs Osuna pitcher closed out the bottom of the ninth.

win Fukuoka Softbank was Moinello pitcher, who went runs five innings to earn his second win of the season. The bats also scored early on and dominated the game. Akira Kawase and Hotaka Yamakawa have hit 2 hit.

Orix took the loss, with starter Ren Mukunoki pitcher allowing 6 hit 3 Walk 3 runs (earned runs 1 in five innings) and Kento Kawase at second. pitcher 3 times 2 runs. The offense also had double-digit hit, but the opportunity was conspicuous, and only two runs were scored on a single by Tonmiya.

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So ○ Moinelo-Shuto Ogata-Kazuki Sugiyama-Yuki Matsumoto-S Osuna
O ● Ren Mukunoki-Kento Kawase-Nobuyoshi Yamada

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