Baseball: Orix's Wakatsuki hits walk-off double on NPB's Opening Day

Kenya Wakatsuki hit a walk-off double to give the Orix Buffaloes a 3-2 victory over the Rakuten Eagles as Nippon Professional Baseball opened its 2025 season Friday.Earlier in the game, Hiroya Miyagi came six outs shy of becoming the first pitcher in Japanese baseball history to throw a perfect game on Opening Day.Rakuten cleanup hitter Ryosuke Tatsumi broke up Miyagi's perfect game bid with an infield single leading off the eighth. Later in the inning, Yukiya Ito's sacrifice fly cut Orix's lead to 2-1.Miyagi, who has been Orix's ace since Yoshinobu Yamamoto left the team to start his major…READ FULL ARTICLE