Originally Posted by Sasaki Kojiro
Ok, I hate to step in but it appears to be a question of game mechanics. I wrote the description a bit carelessly.
The "closer" is in reference to the previous match, sapi vs andres, and indicates that orb's score is closer to ichigo than sapi's was to andres. The +3 bonus is enough to soundly defeat Ichigo, without it he would perhaps have easily defeated ichigo.
I'll try and write up the descriptions more carefully in the future and perhaps make a code sheet for certain phrases.