◆パ・リーグ　ロッテ９―７日本ハム（１５日・ＺＯＺＯマリン）

Lotte won the rain-soaked game, ending their three-game losing streak and tying the series at one win apiece.

Soto and Polanco both started on the bench. The first time Saburo put together a "Japanese lineup," Nishikawa was assigned to "No. 2, left wing." With the score 2-5 and three runs in the third inning with no outs, he Nippon-Ham gave up the tying No. 1 run to right field from Takashi Kato, the starting left fielder, and scored 4 hit 5 RBI times. He gave up hit a run in the first inning to right field, doble a run in the third inning, hit a run in the fourth inning to right center field, triple a run in the seventh inning, and hit a run in the cycle if he hit more . The fifth batter of the eighth inning with two outs bases loaded was Hit by Pitch. He brought in a valuable extra run with a pushout, but he couldn't achieve the cycle hit.

In the fourth inning, with the score tied, Fujiwara's two-run hit and Nishikawa's timely doble gave them a three-run lead, which the relief pitchers then held. This come-from-behind win meant that second-round draft pick left-handed pitcher Mori (Meiji University), who was pulled after three innings with three hit, five Walk, and five runs allowed, did not suffer his first professional loss. Kimura will start in the third game on the 16th, where the team will be aiming for their first series win in five series.