SAPPORO (Interstat) — Anderson Espinoza pitched seven innings and earned the win as the visiting Orix Buffaloes defeated the home Nippon-Ham Fighters 7-4 on Saturday afternoon, Sept. 19, 2026, at Sapporo Dome. Espinoza improved to 13-5, allowing four earned runs on six hits with one walk and five strikeouts. Hiromi Itoh took the loss and fell to 9-10. Andres Machado recorded his 32nd save with a scoreless inning. Yuma Mune homered and drove in two runs for Orix. Ryoma Nishikawa also homered and had two RBIs. Ryoma Yamanaka doubled, singled, and drove in one run. Kotaro Kurebayashi drew a bases-loaded walk. Reo Shibata homered and drove in one for Nippon-Ham. Yua Tamiya hit a two-run homer. Ruan Ohtsuka added a solo homer. Hiroya Shimamoto, Soichiro Yamazaki, and Yi-Lei Sun each pitched a scoreless inning. Orix improved to 62-70-2. Nippon-Ham fell to 73-58-3. Attendance was 32,669. The game took 3 hours, 3 minutes. Orix had 11 hits, and Nippon-Ham had six.