For the Hawks in M7, Kohei Arihara will start for his 13th win. Will Kazuma Sato get his first win of the season?

Pacific League Insight

2025.9.20(土) 21:33

From 2 p.m. on September 21st, the 22nd round of Fukuoka Softbank vs. Orix will be held on MIZUHO PayPay Dome.

[Head-to-head record] Fukuoka Softbank (1st place) vs. Orix (3rd place) 15 wins, 4 losses, 2 draws

【Advance Starter】
Fukuoka Softbank: Kohei Arihara pitcher 23 matches 12 wins 8 losses, ERA 3.28
Orix: Kazuma Sato pitcher 0 wins 0 losses in 1 match, ERA 4.50

Fukuoka Softbank of the winning magic “7” is started by Kohei Arihara pitcher. In the previous match against Orix (14th), he scored 3 runs in the beginning, and then 4 inning in the next 4 , and marked his 12th win in a tie for second place in the league with 7 innings of 90 pitches hit 1 Hit by Pitch 4 strike out 3 runs. Can you lead the team to win with the pitch to create a game in this game?

Orix will start Kazuma Sato pitcher on the other side. In his last appearance (August 20, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham game), which was his first start of the season, he did not win or lose with 7 hit Hit by Pitch 2 runs on 71 pitches in 4 innings. After that, Sato continued to adjust at the farm pitcher In his most recent appearance on the farm (against Hiroshima on the 13th), he pitched 6 innings with 4 hit no walks, Hit by Pitch 6 strike out runs, so he wants to throw as long a inning as possible in this game and get his first win of the season.

Text: Aoi Nemoto

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