◆ Pacific League Seibu Lions 3-7 Orix Buffaloes (August 2nd, Belluna Dome)

Seibu Lions suffered a come-from-behind loss to Orix Buffaloes, extending their losing streak to two games and missing out on returning to a .500 winning percentage.

Starter Shinya Sugai went 5 1/3 innings with a score of 5 hit 5 runs. In the first inning, the lead was given Walk, but the follow-up was hit with three ground balls double play and two ground balls, and in the second and third innings, three out of three. However, in the 5th inning with a one-run lead, Oshiro hit a two-run timely hit to the right with two outs on second and third base, and in the sixth inning, Ota hit a timely doble to right field from third base with no outs, and left mound with one out, second and third base. Itokawa, who took the mound after him, was hit by Nakagawa with 3 runs in the 2nd and lost 3 more runs.

In the third inning, with one out and a runner on first, Kuwahara hit a timely doble his first RBI since joining the team, to give them the lead. In the sixth inning, with two outs and a runner on first, trailing by five runs, Watanabe, the 2024 second-round draft pick, hit his first home run of the season, a two-run shot, but the comeback ended there.