NPB

Rakuten 3, at Orix 5

Saturday, September 12, 2026 · Final

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R HE

Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles

58-84-1 · W1 · #7 (1281 ELO -2)

0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 3 81

Orix Buffaloes

65-76-2 · L5 · #8 (1276 ELO +2)

0 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 100

Osaka Dome · Osaka, Japan

Attendance: 28,057

Nishikawa, Espinoza help Orix Buffaloes beat Rakuten Golden Eagles

OSAKA (Interstat) — Anderson Espinoza pitched into the sixth inning, Ryoma Nishikawa hit a two-run homer in the seventh and the Orix Buffaloes held off the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 5-3 on Saturday afternoon at Osaka Dome in Osaka, Japan. The Pacific League game drew an announced crowd of 28,057 and took 3 hours, 8 minutes. Orix improved to 61-67-2, while Rakuten dropped to 47-78-1. Espinoza earned the win to move to 12-5. Takahisa Hayakawa took the loss and fell to 6-8. Andres Machado recorded his 31st save. Espinoza worked 5 1/3 innings and allowed three hits, two earned runs,… Read more...

Top Statlines

Anderson Espinoza ORX 5.1ip 3h 2er 5bb 4k
Andres Machado ORX 1ip 2h 0er
Ryoma Nishikawa ORX 1/3 1hr 2rbi

Forecasting

ELO Probability ORX 56.4%

Projected Score ORX 3 RAK 2