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Rakuten 5, at Orix 1

Tuesday, August 25, 2026 · Final

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Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles

58-84-1 · W1 · #7 (1281 ELO +4)

0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 5 60

Orix Buffaloes

65-76-2 · L5 · #8 (1276 ELO -4)

1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 60

Osaka Dome · Osaka, Japan

Attendance: 25,018

Itoh, Yasuda lead Golden Eagles past Buffaloes 5‑1

OSAKA (Interstat) — Tatsuki Itoh pitched five effective innings and Yuma Yasuda drove in two runs with a single and a solo home run as the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles defeated the Orix Buffaloes 5-1 on Tuesday evening at Osaka Dome. Itoh, a right-hander, allowed one run on four hits and struck out two over five innings to earn his first win of the season. He walked two and kept the Buffaloes off the board after the opening frame. The Rakuten bullpen took it from there, with Naoto Nishiguchi, Ryu Kutani, Sora Suzuki and Ren Kajiya combining for four scoreless… Read more...

Top Statlines

Tatsuki Itoh RAK 5ip 4h 1er 4bb 2k
Allen Kuri ORX 5.1ip 4h 4er 5bb 6k
Taisuke Yamaoka ORX 1ip 0h 0er 2k

Forecasting

ELO Probability ORX 58.1%

Projected Score ORX 4 RAK 3