Osaka – New import Frank Schwindel had three hits in his Orix Buffaloes debut, breaking an eighth-inning tie with an RBI single to lift the Japan Series champion to a 2-1 win over the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles in the Pacific League on Wednesday night.
The 30-year-old, who came to Japan with 528 career MLB at-bats under his belt, said he arrived at Kyocera Dome Osaka not knowing he would be in the lineup.
Orix’s Daiki Tajima (2-1) allowed a run over eight innings, and the Buffaloes tied it on Yuma Tongu’s seventh-inning pinch-hit single. Schwindel plated catcher Tomoya Mori in the eighth inning.
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Source : Baseball – The Japan Times