[Orix] Ah, six straight losses against Softbank… With a one-point lead in the ninth inning, Machado unexpectedly threw bad throw, giving up the winning run.
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2025.9.13(土) 21:34
Pacific League Orix 1-2 Softbank (13th, Kyocera Dome Osaka)
Orix suffered a come-from-behind defeat, their sixth straight loss to the league-leading Softbank. With the score at 1-0 in the ninth inning, closer Machado, who took the mound as the fourth pitcher, was a miscalculation. With no outs, he allowed consecutive hits by Kondo and Nakamura, putting runners on second and third, and then allowed sacrifice fly to left field by Makihara Dai to tie the game. Then, with one out and runners on first and third, bad throw to first base allowed the winning run.
With neither team scoring, Tonmiya missed sacrifice bunt in the eighth inning with runners on first and second and no outs. He was caught in double play, leaving a runner on second with two outs. Nishino followed with doble down the left field line, but the team only managed one run in the inning. Mistakes on both offense and defense had an impact, and the team was unable to reward starter Kuri, who had pitched well without allowing a runs in six innings.
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