On June 27, the eighth game between Orix Buffaloes and Tohoku Rakuten Eagles was held at Hotto Motto Field Kobe, with Tohoku Rakuten Eagles win 5-1.

The Tohoku Rakuten Eagles lineup struggled against the opposing starter, Espinoza pitcher, and went scoreless for 3 hit through five innings. Still, in the top of the sixth, with two outs, McCuscar and Fumiya Kurokawa hit in succession, creating a good opportunity with runners on first and second with two outs, and consecutive RBI hits by Itsuki Murabayashi and Ryuya Taira gave the team two runs ahead.

The Takayuki Kishi pitcher as a starter is runs pitch 1 hit up to 5 innings. Immediately after receiving support, he gave up Kotaro Kobayashi 's ninth solo homer in the bottom of the sixth, but in the bottom of the seventh, with three batters closer, he threw 90 pitches in the seventh inning, three hit no outs Walk runs 3 strike out 1 and was pulled. In the top of the 8th, the lineup added 3 runs with timely hits by Kengo Horiuchi and Ryosuke Tatsumi. In the bottom of the eighth, Ryu Kutani pitcher connected with a 4-run lead without runs, and in the bottom of the final ninth, Sota Fujiwara pitcher closed out the game.

Tohoku Rakuten Eagles, who win 5-1, earned pitcher Kishi's second win of the season. The lineup featured Kurokawa with 3 hit and Tatsumi with 2 hit 2 RBI. On the other hand, Orix Buffaloes Espinoza pitcher had 6 innings with 100 pitches, 7 hit 2 Walk 8 strike out 2 runs. The lineup was limited to one run by a Home Run from player Kurin, marking their third consecutive loss. Notably, Ryoma Nishikawa players have marked 2 hit.

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Rakugo ○ Takayuki Kishi Ryu Kutani-Sota Fujiwara
O ●Espinoza -Sho Iwasaki-Naruki Teranishi-Ryusei Gonda-Kaito Iriyama

Written by Aoi Nishijima