Espinoza pitches well, allowing only one runs in the seventh inning. Both teams end in a draw.

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2025.4.10(木) 22:26

Orix The Buffaloes pitcher Espinoza © Pacific League TV
Orix The Buffaloes pitcher Espinoza © Pacific League TV

On 10 April, the third round of the Orix and Fukuoka Softbank matches in Kyocera Dome Osaka ended in a 1-1 draw.

Orix starter pitcher Espinoza gave up one run in the early going, but otherwise kept the opposing bats at a good tempo closer. He also struck out three consecutive struck out in the top of the seventh and pitched four hit three Walk nine strike out 1 runs seven innings. The Yankees tied the game in the bottom of the fifth inning with a solo shot by Kenya Wakatsuki.

In the second half of the match, which ended in a 1-1 tie, both teams exchanged runner, but the relievers continued to play tenacious pitch and the match went to extra inning. Nobuyoshi Yamada pitcher entered the game in the top of the 10th inning and allowed a leadoff hit to load the bases with two outs and a hit to center fielder, but he was helped by a good pitch from Yusuke Mugitani to end the runs.

The game lasted more than four hours, and in the top of the extra inning 12th inning, Hiroshi pitcher pitched back-to-back mound. With two outs, he loaded the bases with Walk, but struck out a substitute batter and Yuki Yanagita to end the runs. The bats were looking to respond to the tenacity, but in the bottom of the 12th inning, they were retired by three batters and the game ended 1-1.

A combined 14 pitcher for both sides pitched well. A total of 17 hit were popped out, but both were far from home runs. Orix has 3 hit Yutaro Sugimoto players, and 2 hit Wakatsuki and Ryo Ota players. Ryuta Hirose and Riku Watanabe scored 2 hit in the Fukuoka Softbank.

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Jun Jun Maeda-Koya Fujii Fujii -Kazuki Sugiyama- Hernandez -Yuki Matsumoto-Shuto Ogata-Haru Matsumoto-Yuki Tsumori
Espinoza-Perdomo-Machado-Nobuyoshi Yamada-Seiryu Kotajima-Hiroshi

Text by Minami Niwa

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Espinoza pitches well, allowing only one runs in the seventh inning. Both teams end in a draw.

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