◆ Seibu Lions Pacific League: Seibu vs. Orix Buffaloes (August 2nd, Belluna Dome)

Orix Buffaloes pitcher Hiroya Miyagi left the game after 6 innings, runs 6 hit and 3 strike out while striking out 8. He made a clean recovery in the five days between his struggles in the opening game Rakuten Eagles on March 27th (Kyocera Dome), where he gave up 8 runs in 1 2/3 innings, both tying his personal worst.

The first and second innings were runs. In the 3rd inning when both teams were scoreless, Yu Koga was carried to the center field by the lead, and Kuwabara was hit with a timely doble to the left center from one out and allowed the first run. After that, he caused a pinch with 2 outs and 1st and 3rd base, but he finished An-Ko Lin with a struck out on a swing. In the second and third innings, he took all the outs with struck out.

In the fourth and fifth innings, he retired the side in order. In the sixth inning, with the score 6-1, he gave up a single to An-Ko Lin with two outs, and then a two-run homer to Watanabe, but he didn't allow any further runs. From the seventh inning, the second pitcher, Yamazaki, took mound.

He had already accumulated 49 wins by this game, and if he reaches 50 wins in his 117th game, he will be the fastest left-handed pitcher in the team's history to do so.