On May 9, in the 11th round between Orix Buffaloes and Hokkaido Nippon-Ham held in Kyocera Dome Osaka, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham win 3-0.

Hokkaido Nippon-Ham In the first inning, Yuya Gunji and Kotaro Kiyomiya reached base with consecutive hits, and with two outs and runners on first and second, Yuki Nomura hit timely hits to take the lead. In the top of the 5th, with two outs, Reyes reached base at hit, and Nomura followed with his fifth two-run homer, extending the lead to three runs.

Starting pitcher Takayuki Kato pitcher got off to a solid start, finishing the first inning with just eight pitches. After that, you closer to 1 hit up to 5 rounds. In the bottom of the sixth, he gave up his first hit since the second inning, but calmly retired the next batters with a calm pitch. After retired three batters in order in the bottom of the seventh, he again failed to get to second base in the bottom of the eighth, and was pulled after 90 pitches, 3 hit no walks, 3 Hit by Pitch 3 strike out no runs in the 8th inning.

In the bottom of the ninth, Taisei Yanagawa pitcher retired all three batters in order, ending the game 3-0. win Hokkaido Nippon-Ham was Takashi Kato pitcher his fourth victory. The lineup is showing strong performance with Nomura hitting 2 hit 3 RBI, including a single homer. On the other hand, Orix Buffaloes Ryuhei Sotani pitcher 4.2 runs 10 hit 1 Walk 3 strike out 3 runs. The lineup also ended up with a scattered 3-hit run.

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Japan ○ Takayuki Kato- S Taisei Yanagawa
O ● Ryuhei Sotani-Kaito Iriyama-Kento Kawase Kawase -Nobuyoshi Yamada-Raiku Katayama

Written by Aoi Nishijima