SENDAI (Interstat) — Kosei Shoji threw eight shutout innings and the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles defeated Orix Buffaloes 4-0 on Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026, at Kleenex Stadium Miyagi. Shoji allowed seven hits and struck out 11 without yielding an earned run. He improved to 7-9; Ryoga Tomiyama fell to 0-1.

Rakuten scored twice in the third inning when Yuma Yasuda singled to shallow center with two outs; he finished 1 for 4. Carson McCusker tripled to right-center in the fifth inning with two outs, plating two more runs. He finished 3 for 4.

Attendance was 12,039, and the game lasted 2:53. The Golden Eagles improved to 47-71-1, while the Buffaloes dropped to 57-63-2.

Shoji received support from reliever Yunior Marte, who pitched a scoreless inning. For Orix, Sho Iwasaki fired two scoreless innings, Taisuke Yamaoka struck out four in 1 1/3 innings and Ryusei Gonda worked two hitless innings. Raiku Katayama allowed one hit in a scoreless inning. Reiji Higashiyama allowed two earned runs in one inning.