Pacific League Rakuten 1-3 Softbank (27th, Akita)
Rakuten was aiming for a winning streak, but runs against Softbank 's starter, Otsu, on three hit in five innings. Their batting line-up had nine hit but failed to connect three double play. With one out and runners on first and third in the seventh inning, outfielder Oscar Gonzalez number seven, singled to left field to score one run, but they still lost.
The starting lefty Tatsuki Koja pitcher allowed the first run in the 2nd inning while collapsing double play in front of the batter, and in the 4th inning he gave up a double to left field and a double squeeze to right field runs. He pitched 7 innings, the last 4 in a row in which he had dropped out, and gave up 5 hit 7 strike out 3 runs, but it did not lead to win his 6th win, the most in his career, which he will not get until his next outing. The game was held at Akita's Komachi Stadium, and for the first time, games were held in all six Tohoku prefectures in the same year. It was a memorable game, but it could not be decorated with a white star.
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