On May 26, in the first round of the 'Nippon Life Central-Leagues 2026' between Yokohama DeNA and Orix Buffaloes held in Yokohama Stadium, Orix Buffaloes win 7-1.

Orix Buffaloes In the top of the first inning, the lineup took the lead with doble and Hit by Pitch of the leadoff and Ryoma Nishikawa players, making it one out and bases loaded, and Ryoma Yamanaka hit a timely hit to take the lead. Points were added with Keita Nakagawa player sacrifice fly and player Tomoya Noguchi a timely doble, making it four points in one fell swoop.

Starter Alen Kuri pitcher in the bottom of the first inning caused a pinch with runners on first and third with no outs due to consecutive hits, allowing a run between infield grounders, but in the bottom of the second and third innings, despite runner, they were allowed no runs. In the bottom of the fourth, he retired all three batters in order, and in the bottom of the fifth, he gave up Walk, but he got through with no runs. Then, in the top of the sixth, the lineup added another run with a timely doble by Kenya Wakatsuki player. Then, in the top of the seventh, with two Walk and two outs due to an error, bases loaded Noguchi pulled away with a two-run single from player Noguchi.

Kuri pitcher continued to show stable pitch from the middle to the second half. He retired all three batters in order in the bottom of the 7th and 8th innings, closer the 8th inning with 115 pitches, 3 hit 2 Walk 7 strike out 1 runs and left the mound. In the bottom of the ninth, with a 6-run lead, Kaito Iriyama pitcher retired all three batters to end the game. Orix Buffaloes win 7-1, and starting pitcher pitcher Kuri earned his fifth win of the season. The lineup ended their losing streak with a total of 9 hit and 7 runs, including Noguchi scoring 2 hit 4 RBI.

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O ○ Alen Kuri-Kaito Iriyama
De ● Kentaro Taira - Louise - Yuya Sakamoto - Masataka Iwata - Takita Miyagi

Written by Riyoko Niwa