Final
2026-05-0213:00ES CON Field| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orix Buffaloes | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 13 | 0 |
| Nippon Ham Fighters | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 16 | 0 |
Pitcher–Batter Matchups
Right-handed
Espinoza, Anderson
ERA
0.62
WHIP
0.83
W-L
4-0
IP
29.0
K/9
8.1
BB/9
1.9
Opponent AVG
Lvs L AVG0.180
Rvs R AVG0.146
Last 10 outings
| Date | IP | ER | R | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-24 | 7.0 | 1 | 1 | 98 |
| 2026-04-15 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 96 |
| 2026-04-08 | 7.0 | 1 | 1 | 112 |
| 2026-04-01 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | 110 |
Nippon Ham Fighters 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 | Mizuno, Tatsuki#43 | SS | 0.271 | 0.681 | 103 | 0.258 | 0.626 | 0.222 | 0.284 | 0.143 | 7 | 1 | 1 | |
| R | 2 | Castro, Rodolfo#6 | 🔥 | CF | 0.194 | 0.955 | 180 | 0.185 | 0.908 | 0.235 | 0.154 | - | - | - | - |
| R | 3 | Nomura, Yuki#5 | ❄️ | LF | 0.246 | 0.790 | 132 | 0.154 | 0.368 | 0.333 | 0.200 | 0.000 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| R | 4 | Gunji, Yuya#3 | 3B | 0.233 | 0.640 | 94 | 0.235 | 0.590 | 0.222 | 0.237 | 0.333 | 15 | 5 | 0 | |
| R | 5 | Reyes, Franmil#99 | DH | 0.287 | 0.772 | 130 | 0.324 | 0.737 | 0.385 | 0.253 | 0.375 | 8 | 3 | 0 | |
| L | 6 | Kiyomiya, Kotaro#21 | 1B | 0.271 | 0.867 | 158 | 0.242 | 0.724 | 0.267 | 0.273 | 0.111 | 9 | 1 | 0 | |
| R | 7 | Mannami, Chusei#66 | ❄️ | RF | 0.225 | 0.823 | 142 | 0.156 | 0.463 | 0.250 | 0.219 | 0.000 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| R | 8 | Narama, Taiki#58 | ❄️ | 2B | 0.304 | 0.809 | 141 | 0.219 | 0.515 | 0.313 | 0.302 | 0.333 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| L | 9 | Tamiya, Yua#64 | C | 0.266 | 0.706 | 110 | 0.250 | 0.572 | 0.438 | 0.222 | 0.286 | 7 | 2 | 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 |
| L | 8 | Ohtsuka, Ruan#49 | PH | 0.250 | 0.771 | 136 | 0.250 | 0.771 | 0.000 | 0.273 | - | - | - | - | |
| R | - | Shimizu, Yushi#10 | 0.150 | 0.577 | 70 | 0.150 | 0.577 | 0.182 | 0.111 | - | - | - | - | ||
| L | 4 | Yazawa, Kota#12 | 🔥 | LF | 0.171 | 0.512 | 50 | 0.222 | 0.704 | 0.000 | 0.189 | 0.000 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| L | - | Asama, Daiki#8 | 0.118 | 0.412 | 20 | 0.118 | 0.412 | 0.200 | 0.083 | 0.000 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| L | - | Isobata, Ryota#50 | ❄️ | 0.158 | 0.358 | 9 | 0.125 | 0.250 | 0.000 | 0.231 | 0.000 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| R | - | Martinez, Ariel#2 | ❄️ | 0.063 | 0.180 | -44 | 0.063 | 0.180 | 0.000 | 0.083 | 0.182 | 11 | 2 | 0 | |
| R | - | Shintoh, Yuya#33 | ❄️ | 0.000 | 0.000 | -100 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | - | - | - | - | |

