◆ Pacific League Orix Buffaloes 6-0 Rakuten Eagles (28th, Kyocera Dome Osaka)

Rakuten Eagles suffered a shutout loss with only four scattered hit, a stark contrast to their resounding 16 hit, 10-run victory the previous night. Their offense was silenced by opposing starting pitcher Kuri. Manager Hajime Miki, whose team missed out on two consecutive wins to start the season, wore a grim expression and said, "Of course we had prepared countermeasures, but we were completely shut down. Yes. It's one win and one loss, we'll do our best tomorrow."

Starting pitcher Takinaka gave up two runs in the middle of the fourth inning, failing to control the game. The pitch lineup struggled against change-up 's pitching, which relied heavily on changeups and varied speeds. They couldn't even get a runner on second base, resulting in a one-sided game.