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

Orix Buffaloes gave up the first win of the season with a "shutout game return". In the opening game the day before, the team suffered 10 runs and the lineup was silent with 4 hit scoreless innings. On this day, they succeeded in taking revenge by shutting down the Rakuten Eagles hitting lineup.

The key player was starting pitcher Kuri, in his second year after transferring from Hiroshima as a free agent. He threw 132 pitches, allowing only 4 hit strike out 12, earning his first win of the season. This marks his fourth consecutive win across seasons since 2013, including two consecutive shutout game, and his seventh consecutive win at his home stadium Kyocera Dome Osaka.

In the 3rd inning, No. 7 Nakagawa caught the first pitch of the opponent's starter, Takinaka, with 2 outs and 2 bases, and scored the first 2 runs of the season in the left field, which was the first hit of the season. He gave the team his first goal of the season in his 12th inning. He added 4 runs in the 7th inning and created a show with his pitching.