◆ Pacific League: Lotte 3x-2 Softbank Hawks (3rd, ZOZO Marine Stadium)

Lotte won the first game of the series with a walk-walk-off victory. outfielder Kyota Fujiwara hit a two-run double to right field with two outs and doble on second and third in the bottom of the ninth inning, trailing by one run.

Second-round draft pick Mori pitched well, allowing only two runs in seven innings. The offense rallied in the ninth inning, preventing him from suffering his first professional loss.

Fujiwara, who got his first professional hit, smiled and said, "I'm so happy." "Mori was pitching really well. Behind the dugout, we were all saying that we had to do it. I think everyone, including myself, was thinking that we had to get a hit. I'm glad it worked out well in the end," he said, expressing his joy at erasing the rookie's potential loss.