On September 17, in the 29th game of the farm regular season Orix Buffaloes vs. Fukuoka Softbank held in Sugimotoshoji Buffaloes Stadium Maishima, Fukuoka Softbank win 5-2.

The starting pitcher was Armenta pitcher, who returned to regular season after three months of poor left elbow condition. He retired all three batters in order in the first and second innings, closer, and in the bottom of the third, he gave up a doble to the leadoff pitcher but swung struck out and fled shallowly, preventing the bases from advancing. 2. He was taken out after 37 pitches in 2 innings, 1 hit, no walks, Hit by Pitch 3 strike out, no runs. From the middle of the third inning, Jun Maeda pitcher came in and closer runs through the fifth inning.

In the top of the sixth, Yoshiyasu Sasakawa took the lead with a timely hit, and in the top of the seventh, Ryuta Hirose and Ayumu Ezaki hit four runs in one go. Jun Maeda pitcher hit Haruto Mikata 's eighth two-run homer in the bottom of the seventh to extend the lead to three runs, but from the eighth inning onward, they connected win with Hikaru Kimura pitcher and Shunsuke Iwai pitcher. At the plate, Sasagawa has 2 hit 2 stolen base, while So Otomo and Ezaki have 2 hit.

The losing Orix Buffaloes had starter Kazuma Sato pitcher runs 3 innings with 1 hit empty pitch. Although 7 pitcher connected the innings, a defense error in the 7th inning allowed them to take a significant lead. In the batting lineup, Sho Fukunaga recorded 3 hit and Shota Hiranuma 2 hit.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Total
H 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 5
B 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2

H Armenta-○Jun Maeda-Hikaru Kimura-S Shunsuke Iwai
B Kazuma Sato-Kaito Saiki-Kaito Iriyama-●Raiku Katayama-Hiroto Suga-Shota Abe-Nobuyoshi Yamada-Kento Inui

Text by Minagi Niwa

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