Orix 1, at Rakuten 5

SENDAI (Interstat) — Rui Muneyama finished 3 for 3, homered twice and drove in four runs to lead the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles to a 5-1 victory over the Orix Buffaloes on Tuesday night, Sept. 1, at Kleenex Stadium Miyagi. Muneyama opened the scoring with a three-run home run in the fifth inning, then added a solo shot in the seventh. Ryoto Kita hit a solo homer for Orix in the top of the eighth, but Rakuten answered with Kengo Horiuchi’s sacrifice fly in the bottom half. Tatsuki Itoh (2-0) earned the win, allowing four hits and striking out eight… Read more...