◆ Pacific League Seibu 1-2 Lotte (3rd, Belluna Dome)

Although Lotte missed out on a no-hitter with two outs in the eighth inning, they took the lead in the ninth inning, ending their losing streak at four.

With the score tied at 2 in the 8th inning, Shuta Takano, who came on to pitch from this inning, allowed Hasegawa to hit a high bounce timely infield hit to third base, stopping the record. However, with two outs in the 9th inning, Naonori Yasuda infielder hit a timely shot up the middle to win the game.

Starting pitcher Haruya Tanaka pitched five innings without hit and one runs allowed, but was taken out with the score tied, putting an end to his first win since the June 18th game against Hanshin Tigers (Koshien). He gave up three Walk through the first four innings but pitch runs. With a one-run lead in the fifth inning, he walked consecutive Walk, followed by a sacrifice bunt by Takizawa, putting runners on second and third with one out. Then, he allowed sacrifice fly to leadoff hitter Nishikawa to tie the game.

Starting in the sixth inning, fifth-round draft pick right-hander Yasushiro Hiroike took the mound and closer the opposing team to no hit or runs for two innings.

In the NPB this season, Seibu achieved a no-hitter, one-run win against Softbank on April 18th (Belluna D) with a relay of Imai and Taira.

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・ [Scoreboard] Seibu vs. Lotte
・ [Lotte] Kyuto Ueda hits his first professional home run. "I didn't think it would go in the moment I hit it, but I knew it went in because of the cheers."
・ [Seibu] Nevin hits sacrifice fly to right field to take the lead: "I didn't miss the ball that was floating high."
・ [Lotte] Kazuya Ojima, who was on a 13-game winning streak against Seibu, gave up eight runs in the third inning and suffered his seventh loss. "I thought the record would end someday... I'm sorry."
・ [Seibu] Mitsunari Takahashi gave up 4 hit 1 run in the 5th inning, resulting in no win or runs. His first win in 2 years will be postponed.