{"id":683283,"date":"2026-04-26T12:27:24","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T12:27:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/683283\/"},"modified":"2026-04-26T12:27:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T12:27:24","slug":"orix-buffaloes-despite-a-painful-third-straight-loss-theres-a-glimmer-of-hope-jerry-makes-a-great-debut-after-winning-an-incredible-battle-against-nishikawa-the-213cm-right-hander-gives-up-2-r","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/683283\/","title":{"rendered":"[Orix Buffaloes] Despite a painful third straight loss, there&#8217;s a glimmer of hope: Jerry makes a great debut after winning an &#8220;incredible battle&#8221; against Nishikawa. The 213cm right-hander gives up 2 runs in 6 innings | Pacific League"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[Orix Buffaloes] Despite a painful third straight loss, there&#8217;s a glimmer of hope: Jerry makes a great debut after winning an &#8220;incredible battle&#8221; against Nishikawa. The 213cm right-hander pitches 6 innings and allows 2 runs<\/p>\n<p class=\"_source\">Sports Hochi<\/p>\n<p>                    April 6, 2026 05:00<\/p>\n<p>            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260405-OHT1I51647-L.jpg\" width=\"1134\" height=\"1200\" alt=\"In the 5th inning, with one out and runners on mound base, Orix Buffaloes players gather around pitcher Jerry (Photo by Ryota Miyazaki).\" data-wovn-src:-original-alt=\"\uff15\u56de\uff11\u6b7b\u4e00\u3001\u4e8c\u5841\u3001\u30de\u30a6\u30f3\u30c9\u306e\u30b8\u30a7\u30ea\u30fc\u306e\u3082\u3068\u306b\u96c6\u307e\u308b\u30aa\u30ea\u30c3\u30af\u30b9\u30ca\u30a4\u30f3\uff08\u30ab\u30e1\u30e9\u30fb\u5bae\u5d0e\u3000\u4eae\u592a\uff09\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"p-detail_text\">\u25c6 Pacific League Nippon-Ham 8-2 Orix Buffaloes (May 5th, ES CON FIELD)<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-detail_text\">Nippon-Ham suffered three consecutive losses as visitors and became Orix Buffaloes in debt 1, Jerry was the light. A new helper right-hander with major experience and the tallest person in history at 213 cm. In his first appearance in Japan, he did a good job with 2 runs in 6 innings. &#8220;It was a ridiculous battle&#8230;&#8221;, he looked back with a wry smile on the second pitch. He was stuck to 13 pitches by Nishikawa in the lead, and he missed the last 14th pitch without losing his roots and finished it with struck out.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-detail_text\">Despite the loud cheers at the opposing team&#8217;s home field, ES CON FIELD he seemed to have turned it to his advantage with his own unique &#8220;interpretation,&#8221; saying, &#8220;I feel like they&#8217;re cheering for me as I pitch.&#8221; He held on while protecting a two-run lead, but was pulled in the sixth inning after the opposing team tied the game. He didn&#8217;t get the win or the loss, but he successfully controlled the game with 109 pitches. &#8220;For my first appearance, it was really good. I can build on this for the next time. I want to pitch at least six innings next time,&#8221; he said, looking ahead, and it&#8217;s clear he&#8217;s made progress as a starting pitcher.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"[Orix Buffaloes] Despite a painful third straight loss, there&#8217;s a glimmer of hope: Jerry makes a great debut&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":683284,"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-683283","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\/116471009040050173","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/683283","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=683283"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/683283\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/683284"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=683283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=683283"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=683283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}