◆ Pacific League Orix Buffaloes 3-1 Seibu Lions (Kyocera Dome Osaka)

Seibu Lions 's starting pitcher, Kosei Takahashi, threw 110 pitches over seven innings, giving up only three runs, but poor fielding proved costly, resulting in his second loss of the season. This marks his ninth consecutive loss against Orix Buffaloes Buffaloes.

In the first inning, with one out and runners on first and third, the grounder double play first score, and in the fifth inning, with two outs and a runner on first, right fielder Canario dived into a batted ball but narrowly missed the ball, resulting in a timely triple. In the sixth inning, with one out and a runner on second, left fielder and Nakazo stumbled on the first step chasing a fly ball, but the ball fell and resulted in a timely doble, allowing one run. The right-hander said, "From the moment I threw the ball, I couldn't control it. It's baseball that all sorts of things happen." It was good that I somehow managed to finish at least runs in every runs play. I truly believe in it, so I believe in it," he said, looking forward.