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Orix 8, at Rakuten 2

Thursday, August 13, 2026 · Final

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R HE

Orix Buffaloes

65-76-2 · L5 · #8 (1276 ELO +3)

0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 3 8 101

Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles

58-84-1 · W1 · #7 (1281 ELO -3)

2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 51

Kleenex Stadium Miyagi · Sendai, Japan

Attendance: 22,589

Orix Buffaloes rally late to beat Rakuten Golden Eagles 8‑2

SENDAI (Interstat) — Yuma Mune tripled in two runs during a three-run ninth inning as the Orix Buffaloes defeated the Rakuten Golden Eagles 8-2 on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2026, at Kleenex Stadium Miyagi. Rakuten jumped ahead in the first on Daisuke Nakashima’s solo home run and Naoki Sato’s RBI double. Orix answered with three runs in the fourth, two in the fifth on Ryoma Nishikawa’s two-run homer and three in the ninth. Mune finished 2 for 5 with two RBIs, and Nishikawa was 2 for 5 with a homer and two RBIs. Raiku Katayama (2-1) earned the win with two… Read more...

Top Statlines

Yuma Mune ORX 2/5 2rbi
Taisei Tsurusaki RAK 2ip 0h 0er 1k
Ryoma Nishikawa ORX 2/5 1hr 2rbi

Forecasting

ELO Probability ORX 52.6%

Spread RAK -1.5

Projected Score ORX 4 RAK 2

Over/Under 6.5 (Over)