The match between the Orix Buffaloes and Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters will take place at the Kyocera Dome Osaka in Osaka, Japan on Tuesday, July 19 at 6:00 PM (Japan Time).
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The Orix Buffaloes will welcome the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters to the Kyocera Dome Osaka for another round of NPB action. The Buffaloes have an overall season record of 43-45 and come into this game on the back of a 7-3 win over the Tokohu Rakuten Golden Eagles. Keita Nakagawa drove in three RBI’s and Kotaro Kurebayashi drove in two as the Buffaloes scored 7 runs. Chang Yi, Jesse Biddle and Yoshihisa Hirano had one strikeout each as Orix ran out comfortable winners.
On the other hand, Nippon-Ham stands at 36-50 for the season and comes into this game on the back of a 4-3 loss to the Saitama Seibu Lions. Daigo Kamikawabata, Kensuke Kondoh and Yuma Imagawa had one RBI each. Hiromi Itoh had seven strikeouts in an impressive showing while Ryusei Kawano and Ryuji Kitaura had two strikeouts. Nippon-Ham sit at the bottom of the table and will have to raise their game in order to have a chance against the Buffaloes who sit fourth.
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| Orix | Nippon-Ham |
| Shuhei Fukuda | Go Matsumoto |
| Yuma Mune | Daigo Kamikawabata |
| Keita Nakagawa | Kensuke Kondoh |
| Masataka Yoshida | Yuki Nomura |
| Yutaro Sugimoto | Kotaro Kiyomiya |
| Ryoichi Adachi | Yuma Imagawa |
| Tomoya Noguchi | Daiki Asama |
| Ryota Ishioka | Yushi Shimizu |
| Kotaro Kurebayashi | Wang Po-jung |
The match between the Orix Buffaloes and Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters will take place at the Kyocera Dome Osaka in Osaka, Japan on Tuesday, July 19 at 6:00 PM (Japan Time).
The match between the Orix Buffaloes and Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters will be telecast live on Fuji TV. You can also log in to npb.jp and follow the game from any corner of the world.
| Country | Channel | Date and Time |
| Japan | Fuji TV | July 19 (6:00 PM) |
