The Orix Buffaloes will be on the field when the Pacific League Climax Series begins on Oct. 12.
Orix won't be anywhere near the postseason action, mind you. The 64-71-5 (through Sunday) Buffaloes are in fifth place, six games adrift of the fourth-place Fukuoka Softbank Hawks, and they'll stay there.
No, while the Chiba Lotte Marines and Seibu Lions are duelling it out in the first stage of the Climax Series, the Buffaloes will be playing out the string in a pair of makeup games against the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles at Kleenex Stadium on Oct. 12-13.