Overview
- Ryoma Nishikawa lined a single to center with one out in the 10th to beat Lotte 2–1 at Kyocera Dome on Thursday, giving Orix a third straight win and his first walk-off since joining the club.
- Daiya Miyagi exited in the sixth with left-arm discomfort during a two-out, bases-loaded spot, and the team disclosed the issue after the game.
- Orix’s bullpen held the line after Miyagi departed, while Lotte managed only a bases-loaded walk and slipped to a five-game losing streak.
- SoftBank stopped a two-game slide when Kensuke Kondo launched a two-run homer in the seventh to top Seibu 2–0 on Thursday in Fukuoka.
- Starter Shuta Otsu allowed one hit over seven shutout innings for his first win, and Yuki Matsumoto and Shuta Sugiyama closed out SoftBank’s first shutout of the season.