On July 8, in the farm Fukuoka Softbank regular season vs. Orix Buffaloes 21st round at MIZUHO PayPay Dome, Orix Buffaloes win 4-1.

Orix Buffaloes started Kohei Azuma pitcher. In the first inning, carrying runner, he closer runs without , but in the bottom of the second, Riku Ogata allowed a sacrifice fly by a player and gave up one run. On that day, he was taken out after 30 pitches in the second inning, 1 hit 2 walks, Hit by Pitch 1 strike out 1 runs. The second pitcher, Kaisei Tomatsu pitcher, pitched 79 pitches, throwing 3 hit 1 Walk 7 strike out and runs 5 innings, including two inning that allowed three batters to retire in order.

In the top of the second inning, with one out and bases loaded, Sota Kawano hit a timely hit to take the lead. In the top of the sixth, with the score tied, Haruto Mikata hit a timely hit and Kosuke Tajima hit a two-run single to take the lead 4-1. In the bottom of the eighth, Matthew pitcher, and in the ninth, Nobuyoshi Yamada pitcher allowed runner but ended the game with no runs. Yusuke Mugitani player marked 2 hit. The team ended their losing streak at 2.

The losing Fukuoka Softbank was Kenichi Murata pitcher starter, who threw 107 pitches in 6 innings, 7 hit 5 walks Hit by Pitch 3 strike out 4 runs. The lineup was limited to a sporadic 4 hit.

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Kohei Azuma- ○ Kaisei Tomatsu- Matthew -Nobuyoshi Yamada
So ● Kenichi Murata-Taisei Kimura- Rodriguez

Text by Mao Tsutsui

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