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Rakuten 5, at Orix 1

Saturday, June 27, 2026 · Final

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Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles

58-84-1 · W1 · #7 (1281 ELO +4)

0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 5 130

Orix Buffaloes

65-76-2 · L5 · #8 (1276 ELO -4)

0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 50

Osaka Dome · Osaka, Japan

Attendance: 29,312

Golden Eagles Outduel Buffaloes Behind Kishi’s Strong Start

OSAKA, Japan (Interstat) — Takayuki Kishi pitched seven strong innings and the Rakuten Golden Eagles used a three-run eighth inning to defeat the Orix Buffaloes 5-1 on Saturday evening at Osaka Dome. The Golden Eagles improved to 27-42-1 while the Buffaloes fell to 37-33-1. Kishi allowed one earned run on three hits with three strikeouts to earn his second win against two losses. Anderson Espinoza took the loss, falling to 6-3 after allowing two earned runs on seven hits over six innings while striking out eight. Rakuten took the lead with a two-run sixth inning. With two outs, Fumiya Kurokawa… Read more...

Top Statlines

Takayuki Kishi RAK 7ip 3h 1er 3k
Anderson Espinoza ORX 6ip 7h 2er 8k
Ryu Kutani RAK 1ip 0h 0er 2k

Forecasting

ELO Probability ORX 61.6%

Spread RAK -1.5

Projected Score ORX 5 RAK 4

Over/Under 6.5 (Under)