Rakuten 5, at Orix 10

OSAKA, Japan (Interstat) — The Orix Buffaloes erupted for nine runs in the second and third innings and held off a late rally to defeat the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 10-5 on Sunday at Osaka Dome. A crowd of 28,879 watched the Buffaloes improve to 71-64-3, while the Golden Eagles fell to 65-72-3 in a game that lasted 3 hours, 39 minutes. Orix starter Hiroya Miyagi earned the win, improving to 7-3. He allowed one earned run on six hits over five innings, striking out four. Rakuten’s Masaru Fujii took the loss, falling to 6-7 after being charged with the… Read more...