Satoshi Nakajima, who won three consecutive Pacific League pennants as Orix Buffaloes manager, announced Sunday night he would step down after his club struggled to a fifth-place finish. Speaking after the team’s season finale, a rain-shortened win over the fourth-place Rakuten Eagles, the 55-year-old Nakajima said, “I want to thoroughly take responsibility for a pennant-winning team falling this far.” Nakajima was promoted from farm team manager during the pandemic-hit 2020 season. The following year, the Buffaloes won the franchise’s first PL championship in 25 years. The Buffaloes won the 2…