The match Orix Buffaloes vs Fukuoka S. Hawks will take place at Kyocera Dome Osaka (Osaka) on Thursday at 6:00 PM (Japan Time).
Follow Us
Orix Buffaloes will take on Fukuoka S. Hawks in the NBP match on October 14 at Kyocera Dome Osaka (Osaka). In Game 1 of the Pacific League Climax Series’ final round on Wednesday, Yoshinobu Yamamoto pitched the Orix Buffaloes to a 5-0 victory over the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks while striking out 10 batters over eight innings. The Buffaloes now have a 2-0 advantage in the six-game series thanks to their victory at Kyocera Dome Osaka and their one-win advantage as league winners. The defeat for SoftBank ended its 18-game winning playoff streak. Yamamoto employed his forkball, one of Japan’s most potent pitches, to deadly effect while giving up only five hits and no walks.
Shuta Ishikawa, the Hawks’ starting pitcher, gave up two runs over 413 innings on four hits and four walks. Yutaro Sugimoto had a bases-loaded walk from him in the fourth inning, and he exited with a man on in the fifth. In the fifth, reliever Tomohisa Ozeki gave up two more bases-loaded walks, and Sugimoto’s RBI single capped the three-run inning. Masataka Yoshida homered in the seventh to increase the score to 5-0 after getting on base in each of the Buffaloes’ run-scoring innings.
Read more: Chinese Taipei vs Colombia Preview
At Tokyo’s Jingu Stadium, the Central League champion Tokyo Yakult Swallows defeated the Hanshin Tigers 7-1 in their opening game. Yasuhiro Ogawa, the Swallows’ starting pitcher, gave up one run over 62 1/3 innings while Jose Osuna and Domingo Santana each hit two-run home runs in the first inning. Nippon Professional Baseball gives the higher-seeded clubs in the Climax Series the opportunity to advance if stages conclude in a tie, in addition to a one-win final-stage advantage.
| Orix Buffaloes | Fukuoka S. Hawks |
| Takahiro Okada | Seiji Uebayashi |
| Aderlin Rodriguez | Ryoya Kurihara |
| Masataka Yoshida | Yuki Yanagita |
| Adam Jones | Wladimir Balentien |
| Keita Nakagawa | Yuya Hasegawa |
| Koji Ohshiro | Nobuhiro Matsuda |
| Kenya Wakatsuki | Kenta Imamiya |
| Ryoichi Adachi | Takuya Kai |
| Shunta Gotoh | Taisei Makihara |
The match Orix Buffaloes vs Fukuoka S. Hawks will take place at Kyocera Dome Osaka (Osaka) on Thursday at 6:00 PM (Japan Time). The match will be telecast live on DAZN JP.
