On May 5, in the seventh round between Orix Buffaloes and Chiba Lotte Marines held in Kyocera Dome Osaka, Orix Buffaloes won back-to-back with a score of 6-1.

Orix Buffaloes 's starting pitcher was Jerry pitcher. He showed a perfect start, closer three consecutive inning from the first inning. In the top of the 5th, with one out and runners on first and second, he escaped double play, and in the top of the 6th and 7th, despite carrying runner, he had no runs. He pitched 91 pitches in 7 innings, 4 hit, no walks Hit by Pitch 5 strike out no runs, and got out of mound.

On the other hand, the lineup took the lead in the first inning with timely hits from Ryoma Nishikawa and Tomoya Mori players. In the bottom of the sixth, Yusuke Mugitani added two more runs with a timely triple and a sacrifice fly by Kotaro Kobayashi. In the bottom of the eighth, Mugitani added another run with a sacrifice fly, bringing the score to 6-0.

In the top of the 8th, Soichiro Yamazaki pitcher connected with a 1 hit 2 strike out runs scoreless base. Kaito Iriyama pitcher came in in the top of the ninth inning, gave Walk to leadoff the lead, and after being pushed to third base by a balk and other factors, he left the mound after allowing one run due to an error. The Kosei Yoshida pitcher took double play to finish the match 6-1.

win Orix Buffaloes was Jerry pitcher 's first win in Japan, throwing a career-high 7 innings. In the lineup with 10 hit 6 runs, Keita Nakagawa player Mori recorded 2 hit. The losing Chiba Lotte Marines saw starting pitcher Jackson pitcher lose his third runs with 108 pitches over 6 innings, 8 hit 2 Walk 4 strike out 5 . Atsuki Tomosugi players have recorded 2 hit.

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● Jackson -Fumiya Ono-Naoya Masuda
O ○ Jerry - Yamazaki Soichiro -Kaito Iriyama-Kosei Yoshida

Text by Mao Tsutsui