SAPPORO (Interstat) — Yuma Mune and Ryoma Nishikawa each drove in three runs as the Orix Buffaloes beat the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 9-6 on Sunday afternoon, Sept. 20, 2026, at Sapporo Dome. Mune went 2 for 4 with a home run, while Nishikawa was 2 for 5 with a homer. Kotaro Kiyomiya went 2 for 2 with two home runs and two RBIs for Nippon-Ham. Orix collected 15 hits and grounded into four double plays. Nippon-Ham had eight hits. Taito Takashima earned the win, allowing four earned runs on seven hits over six innings with one walk and four strikeouts, improving to 7-5. Kohei Arihara took the loss and dropped to 7-8. Andres Machado recorded his 33rd save with a scoreless ninth. Seigi Tanaka threw two scoreless innings of relief for Nippon-Ham, and Naoki Miyanishi added a scoreless inning. Reiji Higashiyama and Ren Mukunoki each pitched a scoreless inning for Orix. Yuki Nomura also homered for Nippon-Ham. The game took 3 hours, 22 minutes and drew 34,235. Orix improved to 63-70-2. Nippon-Ham fell to 73-59-3.