On September 20, in the 23rd round between Hokkaido Nippon-Ham and Orix Buffaloes held in ES CON FIELD, Orix Buffaloes win 9-6.

Orix Buffaloes In the first inning, Ryo Ota hit and Hit by Pitch hit two outs with runners on first and second, and Yuma Mune hit his 14th three-run homer to take the lead. In the top of the second, Ryoma Nishikawa, and in the top of the fifth, Ota, Kotaro Kobayashi, and Tomoya Noguchi all hit timely hits, scoring 8 runs in the first half.

Starting pitcher Taito Takashima pitcher gave up a solo home run to Kotaro Kiyomiya in the bottom of the 2nd inning, his 20th homer. In the bottom of the 3rd, Leo Shibata hit a timely hit, and in the bottom of the 6th, Yuki Kiyomiya and Yuki Nomura gave up Home Run, but otherwise he tightened the pitches and pitched 93 pitches with 7 hit 1 Walk 4 strike out 4 runs over 6 innings.

In the bottom of the 7th, Reiji Higashiyama pitcher retired all three batters in order, and the lineup added another run in the top of the 8th with Ryoma Nishikawa 's 13th solo homer. In the bottom of the ninth, Kaito Saiki pitcher was pulled after a no-outs bases loaded was put in trouble. Machado pitcher gave up two runs on bases-loaded Walk and infield grounders, but Reid held on, ending the game 9-6.

win Orix Buffaloes was Takashima pitcher for his seventh win of the season. The lineup saw Nishikawa and Mune perform well in 2 hit and 3 RBI, with all starters recording hit and securing the series victory. On the other hand, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Kohei Arihara pitcher pitched 80 pitches in 4.0 innings, 10 hit 2 walks Hit by Pitch 1 strike out 7 runs. The lineup mounted a late rally but fell just short of the game. Notably, Yuki Kiyomiya has reached base in every at-bat, 2 Home Run and 2 Walk.

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

B ○Yasuto Takashima-Reiji Higashiyama-Ren Mukunoki-Kaito Saiki-S Machado
F ●Kohei Arihara-Kenta Uehara-Seigi Tanaka-Hiroya Shimamoto-Nao Miyanishi

Text by Aoi Nishijima