[Orix] Is Espinoza in trouble in the CS? Manager Kishida Mamoru: “We’ll have to wait and see tomorrow.”
Sports Hochi
2025.10.2(木) 00:24
Pacific League: Orix 10-5 Seibu (1st, Kyocera Dome Osaka)
After the game, Orix manager Mamoru Kishida explained the symptoms of Espinoza, who was forced to leave the game. The relief pitcher complained of discomfort in his left side after throwing 15 pitches in the middle of the second inning. Facing a crisis of withdrawal before the CS, he commented with a gloomy expression, “I don’t know… We’ll have to see how he is tomorrow. It all depends on tomorrow.”
The team has won four straight games. Second-year pitcher Gonda, who relieved Espinoza, earned his first professional win, and the batting line-up has been active, scoring double digits for the second time in the last three games. In the eighth inning, registered infielder Osato was deployed to right field for the first time in his professional career. With three games remaining in the season, including the final home game on the 2nd, manager Kishida also focused on crisis management, saying, “We need to be prepared for anything that happens.”
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