The Japanese professional baseball Orix Buffaloes suffered a 0-6 loss to the Yomiuri Giants on the 8th. The 1st place team in the Pacific League was defeated by the 4th place team in the Central League. Orix was on the rise in the interleague (interchange match) this year. Central League achieved consecutive winning series against Hiroshima Carp and Chunichi Dragons and took the lead. However, as they suffered two consecutive losses to Yomiuri, they lost first place to Chiba Lotte Marines.메이저놀이터
It’s a shocking defeat.
We went into overtime at 0-0. An unbelievable situation unfolded in the 10th extension. The Yomiuri batting line hit the Orix mound and scored a whopping 6 points. Up to the ninth inning, he had only six sporadic hits, but he poured out five hits, including two home runs in the 10th inning.
Kajitani Takayuki 2nd and Akihiro Yuto 3rd hit consecutive hits to bring out the atmosphere. Orix sent 4th Kazuma Okamoto to the 4th pitch intentionally, and the bases were loaded with 2nd out. However, this operation brought disaster. Pinch hitter Yoshihiro Maru hit a grand slam.
Maru, who hit a pinch-hit home run, high-fives with his teammates. Photo source = Yomiuri Giants SNS
In the ball count 1B2S, the slider thrown by Orix right-hander Hitomi Honda landed in the middle of the strike zone. He hit the ball without missing it and crossed the center fence of the Osaka Dome. 4-0.
Then, Takumi Oshiro hit a right-handed hit, and Adam Walker hit a superior two-run homer. This time, the opposing pitcher was Honda. 6-0.
All of this happened in a situation where there were no runners after two outs. The nightmare began after Orix’s fourth pitcher, Honda, caught two out counts on four pitches. From Orix’s point of view, it must have felt as if he was possessed by something.
In the bottom of the 10th inning, Orix retired with three consecutive hits. The Orix lineup has recorded 24 consecutive scoreless innings over the last three games.
Batter Yomiuri No. 4, Okamoto hit a left-handed hit in the top of the 6th inning. In the interleague, 14 hits in 35 at-bats, a batting average of .441, 4 homers, and 8 RBIs. 1st in interleague batting home run, tied for 3rd in RBI.