◆ Pacific League Nippon-Ham 12-3 Orix Buffaloes (3rd, ES CON FIELD)

Nippon-Ham 's pitching and hitting clicked, resulting in their first consecutive wins of the season and reducing their deficit to just one game.

Starting pitcher Ito pitched brilliantly, allowing only four hit no runs over six innings. This was a remarkable improvement from his performance in the opening game, where he gave up five runs in the middle of the sixth inning.

closer the side in order in the first inning, but in the second inning, he allowed infield hit and then walked a runner, creating a two-out, bases loaded Hit by Pitch situation. However, he managed to get out of the jam without giving runs closer Kurebayashi to fly out to right field with a 150 km/h fastball.

In the third inning immediately after receiving the first run, Nishikawa and Ota were hit repeatedly from two outs, but Nishino was swung struck out. After the 4th inning, he threw 6 innings with a pitch to hit and take.

In the second inning, with two outs and the bases bases loaded, Mizuno hit a sweep doble to give his team the lead. In the fourth inning, timely hits from Nomura and Kiyomiya Yuki extended their lead.

In the sixth inning, after scoring five more runs, Manami hit a three-run homer to left field with one out and runners on first and third. In the eighth inning, Gunji also hit his second solo homer, bringing their 18 home runs in the first seven games of the season to a Pacific Pacific League 1991 Seibu Lions Lions record. Although they gave up two runs in the eighth inning, they scored one run in the very next inning and held on for the win.