Pacific League Nippon-Ham 6x-5 Orix (19th, ES CON FIELD)
Orix suffered a nightmare come-from-behind walk-off loss. Machado, who pitched from the ninth inning, gave up a game-winning doble to Yuki Nomura with sweep two bases loaded.
Orix scored 5 runs in the 6th inning chasing 3 runs hitter 9 players. From the first out, Nakagawa hit No. 10 solo over the right, and from the bases loaded with one out, Mune hit No. 5. In his 11th year as a professional, he made his first Grand Slam vocal and said, “I’m glad it was the best result!” The starting rookie, Teranishi, did the minimum job with 3 runs in 5 innings, and exceeded 100 pitches for the first time with 107 pitches. Nishikawa, who returned to the first team from a left ankle injury, also hit a left-handed hit in the 8th inning with “No. 2 DH”, but opened up a 10-game gap with 2nd place Nippon-Ham.
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・ [Scoreboard] Nippon-Ham vs. Orix
・ [Orix] Ryoma Nishikawa returns to the first team after a month and a half… Left ankle injury healed. Kento Kawase joins the team to strengthen the relief pitching.
・ [Orix] Naruki Teranishi declares revenge against Shinjo Ham, saying, “We’ve been beaten, so we want to get revenge.” He will start on the 19th.
・ [Orix] Kazuma Sato, who has won eight games in the Western League, is ready to start for the first time this season. “If I get too enthusiastic, it’s not good for me,” he said in the game against Nippon-Ham on the 20th.
・ [Orix] First walk-off loss of the season. Closer Machado is hit by Takeya Nakamura in the 9th inning.
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