On May 19, in the ninth game between Orix Buffaloes regular season and Hiroshima held in Kyocera Dome Osaka, Orix Buffaloes win 3-2.

Starting pitcher Kohei Azuma pitcher delivered a brilliant performance, recording all outs through two innings in struck out. In the top of the third inning, a series of hits caused a crisis with runners on first and second and no outs, but he retired the next batters with struck out and double play hits, threw 45 pitches, 3 hit no walks Hit by Pitch 7 strike out no runs and retired from mound.

In the bottom of the 5th, the lineup took the lead with a timely hit by Seiya Yokoyama. In the top of the sixth, third pitcher Haruki Mori pitcher gave up a go-ahead RBI single, but in the bottom of the sixth, Masahiro Nishino hit a timely hit to tie the game. With one out bases loaded, Ryoma Yamanaka hit a sacrifice fly to take the lead.

From the 7th inning, Hiroshi pitcher, Yuki Udagawa pitcher, and Shota Abe pitcher each connected the first inning without runs, ending the game 3-2. Nobuyoshi Yamada pitcher survived a crisis in the top of the sixth for his first win in the farm this season, and Shota Hiranuma has recorded two hit.

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Hiro ● Makoto Aduwa - Tai Saito - Sotaro Shimauchi
Kohei Azuma-Atsuya Fujikawa-Haruki Mori- ○ Nobuyoshi Yamada- Hiroshi -Yuki Udagawa-Shota Abe

Written by Yokazu Sonoda

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