Keita Nakagawa hits sweep, go-ahead triple! Orix Buffaloes wins the slugfest.
Pacific League Insight
May 2, 2026 17:50
On May 2, the eighth game between Hokkaido Nippon-Ham and Orix Buffaloes was played in ES CON FIELD, and Orix Buffaloes win 10-9.
Orix Buffaloes starter Espinoza pitcher gave up four runs in the bottom of the first on Reyes’ two-run doble and Kotaro Kiyomiya ‘s two-run sixth. Immediately after the top of the second inning, Seymour scored two runs in the third inning with two runs, but Espinoza pitcher hit an RBI single by Castro in the bottom of the second and Chusei Mannami in the bottom of the third. runs by sacrifice fly of players. He left the mound with 2.2 innings, 64 pitches, 7 hit 1 Walk 3 strike out 6 runs.
Raiku Katayama pitcher, who took over, lost one run in the bottom of the fourth inning with two outs and three consecutive hits, and the score was 2-7. Still, in the top of the 5th inning, Tomoya Mori hit a 2-run 2-run No. 2, and in the top of the 6th, Yuma Mune scored 3 runs in the 5th to tie the game.
In the bottom of the 7th inning, 4th runner Naruki Teranishi pitcher allowed Manami to take the lead with a timely hit, but in the top of the 8th inning, he created a good opportunity with 2 outs and bases loaded, and Keita Nakagawa quickly succeeded in turning the game around with a timely 3-run triple. In the bottom of the eighth, Ren Mukunoki pitcher closer to a runs even though he was in a pinch with two outs on second and third base. In the bottom of the ninth, Machado pitcher closed the gap to one run with pinch hitter Ruan Ohtsuka Solo No. 1, but kept the lead.
Five players scored multi-hit with 10 goals in 13 hit Orix Buffaloes. Although they were temporarily behind by 5 points, they caught up with 3 Home Run and took advantage of the golden opportunity in the final stages when they were behind again to win the slugfest.
On the other hand, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham, Ruei-Yang Gu Lin pitcher, who started for the first time this season, went 4 innings with 78 pitches, 5 hit 3 Walk 6 strike out 2 runs. In the batting lineup, Castro, Reyes, and Yuki Kiyomiya recorded 3 hit, and Otsuka’s first professional Home Run was also born, but it was slightly short of a total of 16 hit 9 runs.
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O Espinoza -Raiku Katayama-Kosei Yoshida- ○ Naruki Teranishi-Ren Mukunoki- S Machado
Ruei-Yang Gu Lin-Koji Fukutani-Yukiya Saito-Hiroya Shimamoto- ● Seigi Tanaka-Taisho Tamai-Tsubasa Namatame
Written by Riyoko Niwa
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