Orix 7, at Nippon-Ham 4

SAPPORO, Japan (Interstat) — Anderson Espinoza pitched seven innings and the Orix Buffaloes used a pair of late home runs to beat the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 7-4 on Saturday afternoon at Sapporo Dome. The game took 3 hours, 3 minutes and drew an announced crowd of 32,669. Orix improved to 62-70-2, while Nippon-Ham fell to 73-58-3. The visiting Buffaloes collected 11 hits and scored in four separate innings. Ryoma Yamanaka had two hits and one RBI. Yuma Mune hit a two-run homer. Ryoma Nishikawa also homered and drove in two runs. Kotaro Kurebayashi drew a bases-loaded walk to force in… Read more...