Final
2026-08-2617:00Kyocera Dome
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rakuten Eagles | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 1 |
| Orix Buffaloes | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | X | 7 | 11 | 1 |
Pitcher–Batter Matchups
Right-handed
Shoji, Kosei
ERA
4.08
WHIP
1.20
W-L
6-9
IP
117.0
K/9
9.3
BB/9
2.4
Opponent AVG
Lvs L AVG0.223
Rvs R AVG0.235
Last 10 outings
| Date | IP | ER | R | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-18 | 6.0 | 2 | 2 | 77 |
| 2026-08-11 | 7.0 | 2 | 2 | 101 |
| 2026-08-03 | 6.0 | 4 | 4 | 112 |
| 2026-07-25 | 7.0 | 2 | 2 | 105 |
| 2026-07-18 | 7.0 | 2 | 2 | 115 |
| 2026-07-07 | 5.0 | 4 | 4 | 107 |
| 2026-06-30 | 5.0 | 3 | 4 | 94 |
| 2026-06-19 | 5.0 | 4 | 4 | 92 |
| 2026-06-09 | 7.0 | 6 | 6 | 115 |
| 2026-06-02 | 6.0 | 2 | 3 | 95 |
Orix Buffaloes 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 | Mune, Yuma#6 | 🔥 | 3B | 0.237 | 0.719 | 111 | 0.324 | 1.166 | 0.274 | 0.222 | 0.167 | 24 | 4 | 0 |
| L | 2 | Nishikawa, Ryoma#7 | 🔥 | DH | 0.287 | 0.758 | 122 | 0.297 | 0.867 | 0.296 | 0.283 | 0.250 | 20 | 5 | 0 |
| L | 3 | Kita, Ryoto#38 | RF | 0.269 | 0.741 | 116 | 0.231 | 0.744 | 0.200 | 0.289 | 0.250 | 8 | 2 | 1 | |
| R | 4 | Ohta, Ryo#1 | 1B | 0.285 | 0.796 | 134 | 0.282 | 0.727 | 0.311 | 0.274 | 0.286 | 21 | 6 | 0 | |
| R | 5 | Kurebayashi, Kotaro#24 | SS | 0.266 | 0.791 | 131 | 0.278 | 0.778 | 0.283 | 0.260 | 0.219 | 32 | 7 | 2 | |
| L | 6 | Noguchi, Tomoya#9 | 🔥 | 2B | 0.232 | 0.632 | 85 | 0.318 | 0.875 | 0.171 | 0.260 | 0.300 | 10 | 3 | 1 |
| L | 7 | Yamanaka, Ryoma#50 | ❄️ | LF | 0.275 | 0.717 | 112 | 0.114 | 0.339 | 0.244 | 0.289 | 0.200 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| R | 8 | Wakatsuki, Kenya#2 | ❄️ | C | 0.203 | 0.524 | 55 | 0.115 | 0.231 | 0.224 | 0.193 | 0.273 | 22 | 6 | 0 |
| L | 9 | Mugitani, Yusuke#8 | CF | 0.130 | 0.457 | 34 | 0.160 | 0.476 | 0.111 | 0.135 | 0.200 | 5 | 1 | 0 | |
Bench / Reserve Batters7 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 | - | Nakagawa, Keita#67 | 0.241 | 0.652 | 92 | 0.179 | 0.616 | 0.246 | 0.239 | 0.200 | 25 | 5 | 0 | ||
| L | 5 | Watanabe, Haruto#0 | ❄️ | LF | 0.234 | 0.637 | 89 | 0.136 | 0.310 | 0.255 | 0.227 | 0.400 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| R | 7 | Ohshiro, Koji#10 | 2B | 0.240 | 0.589 | 74 | 0.250 | 0.613 | 0.300 | 0.000 | - | - | - | - | |
| L | - | Hiranuma, Shota#61 | 0.206 | 0.515 | 52 | 0.143 | 0.414 | 0.000 | 0.259 | 0.000 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| L | - | Nishino, Masahiro#5 | 0.204 | 0.512 | 52 | 0.222 | 0.535 | 0.067 | 0.229 | 0.188 | 16 | 3 | 0 | ||
| R | - | Ishikawa, Ryo#37 | ❄️ | 0.000 | 0.000 | -100 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | - | - | - | - | |
| R | - | Hori, Shuna#62 | ❄️ | 0.000 | 0.000 | -100 | 0.000 | 0.000 | - | 0.000 | - | - | - | - | |