NPB

Rakuten 0, at Orix 6

Saturday, March 28, 2026 · Final

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R HE

Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles

58-84-1 · W1 · #7 (1281 ELO -3)

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40

Orix Buffaloes

65-76-2 · L5 · #8 (1276 ELO +3)

0 0 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 6 110

Osaka Dome · Osaka, Japan

Attendance: 30,991

Kuri’s Complete Game Shutout Leads Buffaloes Past Golden Eagles

OSAKA, Japan (Interstat) — Allen Kuri delivered a masterful performance, pitching a complete-game shutout and striking out 12, as the Orix Buffaloes rebounded emphatically from an opening-day rout to defeat the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 6-0 on Saturday night at Osaka Dome. A day after being blanked 10-0 by Rakuten, the Buffaloes flipped the script behind Kuri’s dominant right arm and a four-RBI night from center fielder Keita Nakagawa. The victory leveled both teams’ early-season records at 1-1 in front of 30,991 fans. The most important sequence of the game arrived in the bottom of the seventh inning, transforming a… Read more...

Top Statlines

Allen Kuri ORX 9ip 4h 0er 12k
Keita Nakagawa ORX 3/4 1hr 4rbi
Ryota Takinaka RAK 3.2ip 4h 2er 4k

Forecasting

ELO Probability ORX 56.2%

Spread ORX -1.5

Projected Score ORX 4 RAK 2

Over/Under 7.0 (Under)