On May 24, in the 9th round between Saitama Seibu Lions and Orix Buffaloes held in Belluna Dome, Saitama Seibu Lions win 4-3.

Starting pitcher Winance pitcher gave up the lead in the first inning with two outs on Tomoya Mori 's solo home run to the fifth, but retired closer all three batters in the top of the second. In the top of the third inning, he caused trouble with hit and Walk, but the next hitter was struck out by struck out to leave runs nothing. In the top of the fourth and fifth innings, he closed the pitch with no runs allowed, and in the fifth inning, he threw 89 pitches, 2 hit, 2 walks Hit by Pitch 3 strike out, 2 Walk, 1 runs, and left the mound.

In the bottom of the 1st, the lineup quickly got the game back on level with a solo homer from leadoff player Canario. With a series of hits and no outs with runners on second and third, Nevin hit a sacrifice fly to take the lead. In the top of the sixth, Shunsuke Sato pitcher tied the game at sacrifice fly, but immediately after, in the bottom of the sixth, Canario hit his second two-run homer of the game, bringing the score to 4-2.

In the top of the 7th, Hibiki Shinohara pitcher and in the top of the 8th, Hiroshi Kaino pitcher connected without runs. Hakua Iwaki pitcher, who took the mound in the top of the 9th, Kotaro Kobayashi He gave up a solo home run to his fifth homer, but Lead held on, and the game ended 4-3. Saitama Seibu Lions secured a winning record in the series and reclaimed first place. Canario recorded 2 Home Run 3 RBI, and pitcher Iwaki led the league with his 16th save.

Meanwhile, Orix Buffaloes was pulled after starting Taisuke Yamaoka pitcher pitched 20 innings with 3 hit 1 Walk 2 runs in 0.2 innings. After that, the relievers closer two runs, but the offense failed to capitalize on their late-game opportunities. Meanwhile, Hiroshi pitcher pitched two runs innings without a second, maintaining his ERA 0.00 rating. In the lineup, Moritomo and Kuririn recorded 2 hit 1 RBI.

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Oyamaoka Taisuke Yamaoka- Yamazaki Soichiro -Kaito Iriyama- ● Kosei Yoshida- Hiroshi
Nishi Wynance - ○ Shunsuke Sato Hibiki Shinohara Shinohara -Hiroshi Kaino-Hakua Iwaki

Written by Ryo Aritake