{"id":658592,"date":"2026-04-02T11:11:21","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T11:11:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/658592\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T11:11:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T11:11:21","slug":"saitama-seibu-lions-aims-to-win-the-series-with-kosei-takahashi-on-the-mound-while-orix-buffaloes-will-start-espinoza-pacific-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/658592\/","title":{"rendered":"Saitama Seibu Lions aims to win the series with Kosei Takahashi on the mound, while Orix Buffaloes will start Espinoza | Pacific League"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Saitama Seibu Lions aims to win the series with Kosei Takahashi on the mound, while Orix Buffaloes will start Espinoza.<\/p>\n<p class=\"_source\">Pacific League Insight<\/p>\n<p>                    March 31, 2026 23:21<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-detail_text\">The second game between the Saitama Seibu Lions and Orix Buffaloes will be held at Belluna Dome on April 1st at 6 PM.<\/p>\n<p>[Head-to-head record] Saitama Seibu Lions (tied for 2nd place) vs. Orix Buffaloes (tied for 2nd place): 1 win, 0 losses<\/p>\n<p>[Announced Starting Pitcher]<br \/>Saitama Seibu Lions: pitcher Kosei Takahashi, 24 games, 8 wins, 9 losses, 3.04 ERA (last season)<br \/>Orix Buffaloes: pitcher of 5 wins and 8 losses in 23 games, ERA of 2.98 (last season).<\/p>\n<p>Saitama Seibu Lions &#8216;s mound pitcher will be <a href=\"https:\/\/pacificleague.com\/en\/player\/515053\/news#playerDetail\" onclick=\"_uiconv.push({&#039;id&#039;:&#039;click_intext_\/player\/515053\/news#playerDetail&#039;})\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kosei Takahashi<\/a>. This season, he has made three appearances in the preseason games, posting an excellent ERA of 1.80. Last season, he struggled against Orix Buffaloes, starting four games and going 0-3, but can he deliver a stable pitch and lead his team to a series win? In the batting lineup <a href=\"https:\/\/pacificleague.com\/en\/player\/525119\/news#playerDetail\" onclick=\"_uiconv.push({&#039;id&#039;:&#039;click_intext_\/player\/525119\/news#playerDetail&#039;})\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Seiya Watanabe<\/a> has hit in four consecutive games since the start of the season.<\/p>\n<p>Orix Buffaloes &#8216;s starting pitcher will be <a href=\"https:\/\/pacificleague.com\/en\/player\/524127\/news#playerDetail\" onclick=\"_uiconv.push({&#039;id&#039;:&#039;click_intext_\/player\/524127\/news#playerDetail&#039;})\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Espinoza<\/a>. Although he had a losing record of 5 wins and 8 losses last season, he managed to maintain his place in the starting rotation throughout the season. This will be his third season in NPB, and he will be looking to start his season off with a win as he aims for his first double-digit win season.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Saitama Seibu Lions aims to win the series with Kosei Takahashi on the mound, while Orix Buffaloes will&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":658593,"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-658592","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\/116334813805280586","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/658592","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=658592"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/658592\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/658593"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=658592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=658592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=658592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}