The ninth game between Orix and Hokkaido Nippon-Ham will be held at Kyocera Dome Osaka from 6:00 p.m. on May 7th.

[Match results] Orix (1st place) vs. Hokkaido Nippon-Ham (2nd place) 5 wins, 3 losses

[Scheduled starting pitchers]
Orix: pitcher Hiroya Miyagi 2 wins, 0 losses in 5 games, ERA 1.42
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham: pitcher 4 games, 1 win, 1 loss, ERA 1.48

In this game, attention will be focused on the duel between the two starting left-handed pitchers.

Orix is Hiroya Miyagi pitcher. He has pitched in five games so far this season, pitching eight inning in four of them and recording high-quality scores in three of them, demonstrating his true potential as a core member of the starting rotation. In addition, he has ERA of 1.93 against Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters and is undefeated in two games.

On the other hand, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fukuya Yamazaki pitcher. In his first appearance of the season on April 4th against Orix, he was lose pitcher after pitching 89 pitches in 6 innings, giving up 8 hit and 3 runs (2 earned runs), but he has shown stable pitch in the three games since then, with a good record of 1 win and 1 loss and ERA of 1.48 so far. Will he get revenge in this game?

Text by Aoi Nishijima

・ Pacific League standings /individual results