On 18 May, Western League regular season and Orix played at Hanazono Central Stadium in the 11th round match against Hiroshima, where Orix lost 2-4.

Orix starter Kyosuke Saito pitcher loaded the bases with one out in the first hit inning with runners on first and Walk before Yasushi Sasaki singled to left field to score the go-ahead run. In the top of the third inning, with runners on second and third with no outs, Hayashi gave up one run on a sacrifice fly by Hayashi.

In the bottom of the third inning, Kosei Osato led off with a Walk and the next Shuhei Fukuda with a hit to load the bases. With one out, Ryoma Yamanaka had a chance to bases loaded on a Walk, and Kazuya Katsuki followed with a push to Walk to bring home one run. In the bases loaded inning, Yuma Mune scored on a double by runner to tie the game.

In the top of the fifth, Hitomi Honda pitcher closer a three-way tie. From the top of the sixth inning, the second inning were Ren Mukunoki pitcher and the top of the eighth inning were Ryusei Gonda pitcher, each with runner but no runs. But in the top of the ninth, Kaede Yokoyama pitcher loaded the bases with two outs in the Walk and bases loaded hit to load the bases with two outs, and Ryuhei Matsuyama hit an RBI single to score two runs.

With two outs in the bottom of the ninth, Walk hit Sho Gibo had a chance to put runners on first and second with runners on first and second with two outs, but they couldn’t score and the game ended 4-2. pitcher Saito threw 78 pitches in four innings hit 4 Walk 5 1 strike out 2 runs. The offense scored 4 hit 2 runs to halt their winning streak. Yibo scored 2 hit 1 stolen base.
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Hiroshi Endo – Kazuki Takita – Tatsuya Matsumoto – Ginji Hasebe – Takehisa Masuda – Atsutaka S Daido
Kyosuke Saito-Hitomi Honda-Ren Mukunoki-Ryusei Gonda- Kaede Kaede Yokoyama

Text by Tatsumi Ota

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