The 12th round of the Orix Buffaloes vs. Hokkaido Nippon-Ham will be played on May 10 at 1:00 p.m. at Kyocera Dome Osaka.

[Results] Orix Buffaloes (1st place) vs. Hokkaido Nippon-Ham (4th place) 5-6

[advance notice
Orix Buffaloes: Espinosa pitcher 5 games, 4 wins (tied for 1st), 0 losses, ERA 2.27
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham: Koki Kitayama pitcher 5 games, 2 wins, 2 losses, ERA 2.41

Orix Buffaloes The starters of the Espinosa. pitcher In April, he went 4-for-4 with a ERA 0.62 ERA, but in his last outing on May 2, he was hammered for 6 runs in 2.2 innings. He hopes to get revenge in this outing. Also, Ryoma Nishikawa The player has hit .167 in his last 6 games with 24 At Bat 4 hit and his batting average has stopped somewhat. Will he be able to find a chance to get back on track?

Versus Hokkaido Nippon-Ham is, Koki Kitayama pitcher to the starter's mound. In their last meeting on the 3rd, he gave up his first shutout game win of the season on 121 pitches in 9 innings on 3 hit no walks Hit by Pitch 7 strike out no runs. On the batting line Kotaro Kiyomiya Player to watch. In addition to recording 8 At Bat 3 hit in this card, he also fired Home Run in his last match against Espinosa pitcher.

Text by Aoi Nishijima