Final
2026-08-1217:01Rakuten Park| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orix Buffaloes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| Rakuten Eagles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | X | 7 | 11 | 0 |
Pitcher–Batter Matchups
Right-handed
Espinoza, Anderson
ERA
2.25
WHIP
1.05
W-L
10-3
IP
104.0
K/9
7.7
BB/9
2.2
Opponent AVG
Lvs L AVG0.190
Rvs R AVG0.222
Last 10 outings
| Date | IP | ER | R | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-05 | 7.0 | 1 | 1 | 111 |
| 2026-07-21 | 7.0 | 1 | 1 | 116 |
| 2026-07-12 | 7.0 | 2 | 2 | 94 |
| 2026-07-05 | 7.0 | 1 | 1 | 85 |
| 2026-06-27 | 6.0 | 2 | 2 | 100 |
| 2026-06-19 | 6.0 | 5 | 5 | 98 |
| 2026-06-11 | 7.0 | 0 | 1 | 96 |
| 2026-06-04 | 7.1 | 2 | 2 | 105 |
| 2026-05-28 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 97 |
| 2026-05-20 | 6.0 | 2 | 2 | 95 |
Rakuten Eagles Starting Lineup
| Batter | Season | Last 10 | Pitcher Splits | Last 5 SeasonsiBatter-versus-pitcher results from the current and previous four seasons, before this game. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bats | # | Batter | Status | Pos | AVG | OPS | OPS+ | AVG | OPS | vs LHP | vs RHP | AVG | AB | H | HR |
| L | 1 | Nakashima, Daisuke#32 | 🔥 | RF | 0.267 | 0.721 | 112 | 0.359 | 0.959 | 0.319 | 0.249 | 0.200 | 15 | 3 | 0 |
| L | 2 | Tatsumi, Ryosuke#8 | ❄️ | CF | 0.276 | 0.775 | 129 | 0.175 | 0.433 | 0.280 | 0.274 | 0.333 | 18 | 6 | 0 |
| L | 3 | Muneyama, Rui#1 | SS | 0.229 | 0.647 | 90 | 0.300 | 0.746 | 0.250 | 0.220 | 0.333 | 6 | 2 | 0 | |
| R | 4 | McCusker, Carson#34 | LF | 0.266 | 0.870 | 153 | 0.257 | 0.859 | 0.297 | 0.252 | 0.500 | 6 | 3 | 0 | |
| R | 5 | Murabayashi, Itsuki#6 | ❄️ | 2B | 0.274 | 0.702 | 108 | 0.167 | 0.438 | 0.278 | 0.273 | 0.176 | 17 | 3 | 0 |
| L | 6 | Yasuda, Yuma#55 | 🔥 | DH | 0.270 | 0.747 | 118 | 0.342 | 0.938 | 0.385 | 0.222 | 0.500 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| R | 7 | Taira, Ryuya#48 | 3B | 0.257 | 0.745 | 117 | 0.276 | 0.783 | 0.250 | 0.263 | 0.600 | 5 | 3 | 0 | |
| R | 8 | Ohta, Hikaru#2 | C | 0.219 | 0.563 | 67 | 0.172 | 0.545 | 0.269 | 0.192 | 0.000 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| L | 9 | Kurokawa, Fumiya#24 | ❄️ | 1B | 0.237 | 0.608 | 81 | 0.091 | 0.299 | 0.236 | 0.237 | 0.222 | 9 | 2 | 0 |
Bench / Reserve Batters8 players
| Batter | Season | Last 10 | Pitcher Splits | Last 5 SeasonsiBatter-versus-pitcher results from the current and previous four seasons, before this game. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bats | # | Batter | Status | Pos | AVG | OPS | OPS+ | AVG | OPS | vs LHP | vs RHP | AVG | AB | H | HR |
| R | 7 | Sato, Naoki#38 | ❄️ | RF | 0.263 | 0.742 | 116 | 0.184 | 0.416 | 0.297 | 0.241 | 0.250 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| L | - | Watanabe, Yoshiaki#35 | 0.270 | 0.686 | 103 | 0.286 | 0.661 | 0.267 | 0.271 | - | - | - | - | ||
| L | - | Horiuchi, Kengo#65 | 0.193 | 0.577 | 73 | 0.120 | 0.473 | 0.200 | 0.192 | 0.286 | 7 | 2 | 0 | ||
| R | - | Irie, Daiki#63 | 0.222 | 0.522 | 57 | 0.222 | 0.522 | 0.182 | 0.286 | - | - | - | - | ||
| L | 4 | Kobukata, Hiroto#0 | 2B | 0.196 | 0.492 | 47 | 0.190 | 0.381 | 0.167 | 0.208 | 0.400 | 10 | 4 | 0 | |
| R | - | Shigenaga, Akira#30 | 0.167 | 0.427 | 26 | 0.185 | 0.474 | 0.056 | 0.333 | - | - | - | - | ||
| R | - | Yoshino, Soshi#78 | ❄️ | 0.083 | 0.167 | -50 | 0.083 | 0.167 | 0.200 | 0.000 | - | - | - | - | |
| R | - | Kaneko, Kyosuke#98 | ❄️ | 0.000 | 0.111 | -64 | 0.000 | 0.111 | 0.000 | 0.000 | - | - | - | - | |

