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Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 18, 2023
Leandro Cedeno and Shumpeita Yamashita lift Orix as Hawks lose 9th straight
Yamashita and two relievers combined on a four-hit shutout, with the 21-year-old starter allowing just two singles and striking out eight over seven innings of work.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / Sac Bunts
Jul 17, 2023
Yuma Tongu's rise helps Buffaloes move on from Masataka Yoshida
Yuma Tongu's play has helped offset the departure of Masataka Yoshida.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 17, 2023
Leandro Cedeno and Shumpeita Yamashita help Buffaloes send Hawks to ninth straight loss
Leandro Cedeno homered for the second straight game to back a strong pitching performance by Shumpeita Yamashita as the Orix Buffaloes completed a three-game sweep of the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks with a 3-0 win Monday.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 13, 2023
Sensational Marines ace Roki Sasaki strikes out 14 in win over Buffaloes
Sasaki (7-2) surrendered his only run in the first inning on Leandro Cedeno's double and retired his last 10 batters in a row.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 6, 2023
Buffaloes ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto puzzling and glaring omission from All-Star roster
Yamamoto was passed over despite number that put him among the best pitchers in Japan.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 5, 2023
Yuma Tongu homers twice and gets 6 RBIs as Orix regains PL lead
Following his first-inning grand slam, Tongu went deep again off former New York Yankees right-hander Masahiro Tanaka in the fourth.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 29, 2023
First-place Buffaloes slug past Marines to lift rookie Shumpeita Yamashita to win
Orix Buffaloes rookie Shumpeita Yamashita overcame some early trouble to go seven innings and rode some big offense to a win.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 28, 2023
Tomoya Mori hits walk-off homer for Orix after Miyagi-Sasaki pitching duel
The power-hitting catcher's 12th homer came minutes after the Marines' Koki Yamaguchi tied the game.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 16, 2023
Yuma Tongu and Yutaro Sugimoto power Buffaloes to win over Tigers
The two-time defending Pacific League champions came from behind to beat the Tigers.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 14, 2023
Yoshinobu Yamamoto throws 8-inning gem as Buffaloes blank Tigers
The two-time PL MVP allowed just two hits while walking one and hitting a batter in a 112-pitch outing at Koshien Stadium.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 30, 2023
Orix ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto picks up second win with 6 solid innings
Yoshihisa Hirano closed out the ninth for his sixth save.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 20, 2023
Frank Schwindel leads Buffaloes to win with three-hit night in debut
'I didn't even know I was playing today,' Schwindel said. 'And the manager told me I was in there, so that was a good decision by him.'
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 16, 2023
Hiroya Miyagi pitches Buffaloes past Marines
Reliever Yuki Udagawa got Miyagi out of an eighth-inning pinch before 39-year-old former Diamondbacks and Mariners reliever Yoshihisa Hirano worked a scoreless ninth for his third save.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 5, 2023
Ryoya Kurihara powers Hawks to fourth straight win
Kensuke Kondo, a key member of Japan's World Baseball Classic-winning team, also went deep for SoftBank at Kyocera Dome in Osaka.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 29, 2023
Hawks load up to chase Buffaloes for 2023 Pacific League pennant
Orix retained most of the squad that helped it defend its PL title, but the Kyocera Dome residents will have to fend off plenty of challenges.
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BASEBALL
Mar 8, 2023
Murakami and Yoshida power Japan to final WBC warmup victory
Munetaka Murakami blasted a three-run first-inning homer and Masataka Yoshida drove in four runs as Samurai Japan cruised to a 9-1 win over the Orix Buffaloes.
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BUSINESS
Feb 24, 2023
Orix weighs cutting contribution to JIP’s Toshiba offer, sources say
Orix is seeking to acquire ¥200 billion ($1.5 billion) of common and preferred Toshiba stock, down from the original ¥300 billion, the sources said.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Dec 28, 2022
Pacific League MVP Yoshinobu Yamamoto signs for ¥650 million
His annual pay jumped from this year's u00a5370 million after the 24-year-old right-hander won both the Pacific League MVP and Sawamura awards for the second consecutive year.
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BASEBALL / MLB
Dec 23, 2022
Masataka Yoshida hopes to repay Buffaloes' faith by succeeding with Red Sox
New Boston Red Sox outfielder Masataka Yoshida said Thursday he intends to further make good on the Orix Buffaloes' faith in him after he moves to MLB.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Dec 16, 2022
Red Sox introduce Masataka Yoshida
Masataka Yoshida helped lead the Orix Buffaloes to the franchise's first Japan Series title since 1996 this season. The Boston Red Sox haven't waited nearly as long for an MLB crown, but Yoshida wants to help add another to the trophy case at Fenway Park all the same.

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