Shumpeita Yamashita will be on the first team mound for the first time in about a year, Ren Fukushima will be making his first appearance as a visitor this season.
Pacific League Insight
2025.9.6(土) 20:41
On September 7 at 1:00 p.m., Orix vs. Hokkaido Nippon-Ham 24 games will be played at Kyocera Dome Osaka.
Record: Orix (3rd place) vs. Hokkaido Nippon-Ham (2nd place), 11-11-1.
[Preliminary Round
Orix: Shumpeita Yamashita pitcher 7 games, 2-2, ERA 3.15 (2 games)
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham：Ren Fukushima pitcher 4 games, 3-0, ERA 1.52
Orix Ha, Shumpeita Yamashita pitcher made his first start of the season. His most recent start was on August 30 against Chunichi and he pitched 6 innings 2 hit 7 strike out 1 runs to get the win. He had been out of the lineup since he pitched one game in an open game due to the effects of last season’s injury, but he returned to the lineup on July 13. It will be interesting to see how pitch he will perform on the first team stage after an absence of about a year.
The starter of the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham team, Mr. Kurokawa, will be making his first appearance for the visitors this season. Ren Fukushima pitcher In their last outing on July 13, he pitched 5 innings of 90 pitches in 4 hit 3 Walk 2 strike out no runs innings win pitcher. The visitors will be looking to show their true power and give momentum to a team that has been on a losing streak. On the batting line, Kotaro Kiyomiya The team’s batting lineup has been dominated by the two hit players in the previous game.
Text by Yohkazu Sonoda
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