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Orix 8, at Rakuten 12

Thursday, July 16, 2026 · Final

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R HE

Orix Buffaloes

65-76-2 · L5 · #8 (1276 ELO -3)

0 1 0 0 0 4 1 1 1 8 131

Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles

58-84-1 · W1 · #7 (1281 ELO +3)

0 0 0 0 3 4 2 3 0 12 111

Kleenex Stadium Miyagi · Sendai, Japan

Attendance: 23,058

Rakuten Golden Eagles outslug Orix Buffaloes 12‑8

SENDAI, Japan (Interstat) — The Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles defeated the Orix Buffaloes 12-8 on Thursday evening at Kleenex Stadium Miyagi in front of 23,058 fans in a game that lasted 4 hours, 22 minutes. The Golden Eagles rallied from a two-run deficit in the sixth inning, fueled by a grand slam from designated hitter Hideto Asamura, and never trailed again. Rakuten improved to 34-49-1, while Orix fell to 42-41-2. Orix struck first in the second inning. Tomoya Mori singled to shallow center, and Kotaro Kurebayashi doubled to right-center, scoring Mori. The Buffaloes loaded the bases with a walk to… Read more...

Top Statlines

Hideto Asamura RAK 1/4 1hr 4rbi
Roansy Contreras RAK 5ip 4h 1er 1k
Ryosuke Tatsumi RAK 3/5 1hr 2rbi

Forecasting

ELO Probability ORX 53.3%

Spread ORX -1.5

Projected Score RAK 4 ORX 3

Over/Under 7.5 (Over)