◆パ・リーグ　ロッテ５―３日本ハム（１６日・ＺＯＺＯマリン）

Lotte defeated Nippon-Ham to win the series.

Fujiwara hit the team's first hit from Hosono in the first inning. Hosono suffered a humiliating no hitter in the Nippon-Ham match (Escon) on March 31st, and in this hit, he finally made a pleasant sound in his 10th inning and 30th hitter against Hosono.

Trailing by two runs in the third inning with no outs and bases loaded loaded, Terachi hit a ground ball to first base to score the first run, leaving RBI bases loaded with one out. On the seventh pitch of full count, Soto hit a single to right field. "I was hoping to get an RBI, even if it was just sacrifice fly, but I'm glad I was able to get a RBI and get an RBI," he said, clapping his hands in delight on first base. Immediately afterwards, Fujioka hit sacrifice fly to left field, giving them a temporary lead.

In the bottom of the fourth inning, with two outs and a one-run lead, starting pitcher Kimura threw a 145 km/h pitch which Yazawa hit into the right-center field stands, tying the game. It was Kimura's third appearance of the season, but he was pulled after four innings, having given up four hit and three runs. His first win of the season remains elusive.

Nevertheless, he forced Hosono to throw 101 pitches in five innings, eventually leading to his removal from the game, thus avoiding the same mistake as last time.

In the bottom of the sixth inning, with the score tied 3-3 and two outs, runners on first and third base, Polanco stepped up to the plate in place of Yamamoto. On Saito's third pitch, a 155 km/h fastball, he hit it to left field, successfully taking the lead once again.

Yagi, who took the mound in second place from the 5th inning, threw 2 innings and 1 hit no runs. On the 15th, the day before, he took the mound in second place from the 4th inning and scored his first win in 1 hit 1 runs. The relief team after 3rd place also ran away without allowing an additional run.