Orix 0, at Rakuten 6

SENDAI (Interstat) — Tatsuki Koja struck out 14 over 8 2/3 innings and the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles blanked the Orix Buffaloes 6-0 on Saturday evening at Rakuten Mobile Park Miyagi. Koja allowed one hit and one walk while improving to 3-11. Allen Kuri took the loss, dropping to 9-12 after yielding two earned runs on four hits and three walks with seven strikeouts in six innings. Ryoga Tomiyama struck out three in a scoreless inning for Orix, Wataru Karashima recorded the final out for Rakuten, and Kaito Saiki added two scoreless outs. Rui Muneyama and Yuma Yasuda each drove… Read more...