On September 12, in the 30th round of Farm regular season Orix Buffaloes vs Hanshin Tigers held at Tondabayashi The Buffaloes Stadium, Orix Buffaloes won decisively 11-3.

Orix Buffaloes 's starter, Mu-heng Chen pitcher, gave up the lead in the first inning on a timely hit by Seiya Kinami. From the second inning, he inning no runs, but in the top of the fifth with a five-run lead and one out bases loaded, he made a bases-loaded Walk and took the mound for two runs. With two outs and bases loaded, Nobuyoshi Yamada pitcher took over and closer the next hitter to fly to left.

On the other hand, the lineup caught up by one run in the bottom of the second inning with Yosuke Kubota 's second solo homer to tie the game, and in the bottom of the third, Shota Hiranuma and Seiya Yokoyama hit consecutive hits to get one out with runners on second and third, taking the lead amid wild pitches. Then, in the bottom of the fourth, Kubota hit a timely doble and Tomoki Imasaka hit his first three-run homer, adding four more runs.

In the bottom of the sixth, with the score tied 6-3, Taishi Hirooka returned to regular season for the first time in five months since April 16, hitting a two-run single to score four runs again. In the bottom of the seventh, Ho Naito hit his 10th solo homer, extending the lead to eight runs. In the top of the ninth, fifth pitcher Kento Kawase pitcher closed the game, ending the game 11-3.

Starting pitcher Chen pitcher pitched 4.2 innings, throwing 102 pitches, 7 hit 5 Walk 4 strike out 3 runs (earned runs 2). The lineup showed a connection with Kubota scoring 3 hit 2 RBI including a single homer, totaling 9 hit and 11 runs, and the team achieved their third consecutive win.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Total
T 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 3
B 0 1 1 4 0 4 1 0 X 11

B Mu-heng Chen-○Nobuyoshi Yamada-Shota Abe-Kaito Iriyama-Kento Kawase
T ●Kaito Shimomura-Takato Noto-Takuma Kirishiki-Kai Matsubara-Ippei Ogawa

Text by Aoi Nishijima

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