Orix ‘s Espinoza leaves the game in the second inning. Saito: “It’s more than just discomfort; I think it’s quite painful.”
Baseball King
2025.10.1(水) 21:30
◆ reliever pitchers are on a roll heading into the CS! “In the sense that we were able to connect the dots together…”
Orix played Seibu on the 1st and win 10-5. In the second inning, immediately after starter Espinoza threw the second pitch to the leadoff hitter hitter, he raised his right hand to appeal to the bench. He had to leave the mound due to discomfort in his side, but Ryusei Gonda, who was in second place, closer 2 inning with a hit. In the 4th inning, 3rd place Kaito Iriyama lost 3 runs, but after that, Nobuyoshi Yamada, Ren Mukunoki, Taisuke Yamaoka, Naruki Teranishi runs relayed. Kaito Saiki, who took the mound in 8th place in the ninth inning, took the runs with two runs, but won comfortably with a large lead.
Regarding Espinoza’s sudden withdrawal from the game, Takagi Yutaka, the MC of Fuji TV ONE’s “Professional baseball News 2025,” which aired on the 1st, asked, “Can it just be dismissed as strange for him to raise his hand and leave the game of his own accord in that situation?” Commentator Saito Masaki pointed out, “No, it can’t be dismissed. I think it was still quite painful. If it had only been a little, I would have thought about throwing one more pitch, but it must have been quite painful by this point.”
On the other hand, Takagi pointed out the relief pitching, saying, “The relief pitchers are coming together,” and Saito evaluated that the team is on an upward trend heading into the CS, saying, “I think these things happen. Sometimes an accident happens in the early innings when the starting pitcher is pitching, but in the sense that everyone was able to take over after that, Mukuki was really good.”
☆ Cooperation: Fuji TV ONE “Professional baseball News 2025”
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