On May 10, in the 12th round between Orix Buffaloes and Hokkaido Nippon-Ham held in Kyocera Dome Osaka, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham win 2-0.

In the first inning, with two outs, Kotaro Kiyomiya reached base at Walk, and Reyes followed with his fourth two-run homer to take the lead. Starting pitcher Koki Kitayama pitcher retired all three in the first inning, closer carried runner in the second inning but did not allow any runs, and retired all closer three in the fifth and sixth innings. In the 7th and 8th innings, he put runner at third base but retired the next batter, and was pulled after throwing 110 pitches, 7 hit 1 Walk 7 strike out and no runs in the 8th inning.

In the bottom of the ninth, Taisei Yanagawa pitcher came in and retired all three batters to close the game. win Hokkaido Nippon-Ham, starting pitcher pitcher Kitayama earned his third win of the season. In the lineup, Reyes hit a two-run homer for the first time since April 15, and Yua Tamiya hit two hit.

The losing Orix Buffaloes saw starter Espinoza pitcher pitch 97 pitches over 6 innings, 6 hit 3 Walk, 5 strike out 2 runs to record QS. The relief lineup was a relay of Soichiro Yamazaki pitcher, Kaito Iriyama pitcher, Hiroshi pitcher, and Raiku Katayama pitcher, and the seventh inning onward closer zero. Meanwhile, the batting lineup failed to score even 7 hit.

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Day ○ Koki Kitayama-S Taisei Yanagawa
O ●Espinoza - Soichiro Yamazaki -Kaito Iriyama- Hiroshi -Raiku Katayama

Text by Mao Tsutsui