{"id":657256,"date":"2026-04-01T19:24:30","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T19:24:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/657256\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T19:24:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T19:24:30","slug":"orix-buffaloes-espinoza-throws-his-first-complete-game-shutout-game-since-coming-to-japan-and-shows-off-his-sharp-kansai-dialect-thanks-for-your-support-today-orix-buffaloes-fans-are-the-best","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/657256\/","title":{"rendered":"[Orix Buffaloes] Espinoza throws his first complete game shutout game since coming to Japan and shows off his sharp Kansai dialect: &#8220;Thanks for your support today. Orix Buffaloes fans are the best!&#8221; | Pacific League"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[Orix Buffaloes] Espinoza throws his first complete game shutout game since coming to Japan and shows off his sharp Kansai dialect: &#8220;Thanks for your support today. Orix Buffaloes fans are the best!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"_source\">Sports Hochi<\/p>\n<p>                    April 1, 2026 22:26<\/p>\n<p>            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260401-OHT1I51740-L.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1004\" alt=\"Orix Buffaloes 's Espinoza achieves his first shutout game since coming to Japan (Photo by Miyoko Tonsho)\" data-wovn-src:-original-alt=\"\u6765\u65e5\u521d\u5b8c\u5c01\u306e\u30aa\u30ea\u30c3\u30af\u30b9\u30fb\u30a8\u30b9\u30d4\u30ce\u30fc\u30b6 \uff08\u30ab\u30e1\u30e9\u30fb\u9813\u6240\u3000\u7f8e\u4ee3\u5b50\uff09\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"p-detail_text\">\u25c6 Pacific League Seibu Lions 0-4 Orix Buffaloes (August 1st, Belluna Dome)<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-detail_text\">Orix Buffaloes pitcher Anderson Espinoza threw 110 pitches, allowing only 5 hit and striking strike out 7, recording his first shutout game win in his 46th NPB game. His first child, a son named Kenzo, was born on February 25th, making this &#8220;first win as a dad&#8221; an even more joyous reward. On the victory platform, he radiated happiness, saying, &#8220;Kenzo has brought me good fortune. Now I have an added obligation to bring the championship flag back to Osaka.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-detail_text\">Next, he showed off his sharp Kansai dialect. &#8220;Hello everyone, this is SP. Thank you so much for your support today. Orix Buffaloes fans are the best. We&#8217;ll do our best again this year. It&#8217;s really cold, everyone, so please be careful. Good work everyone!&#8221; he said with a smile and waved, receiving warm applause from Orix Buffaloes fans who had packed the opposing team&#8217;s stadium.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"[Orix Buffaloes] Espinoza throws his first complete game shutout game since coming to Japan and shows off his&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":657257,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2302],"tags":[5,2353,2352],"class_list":{"0":"post-657256","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-npb","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-nippon-professional-baseball","10":"tag-npb"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116331093162356236","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/657256","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=657256"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/657256\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/657257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=657256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=657256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=657256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}