◆ Pacific League: Lotte 1-4 Orix Buffaloes (22nd, ZOZO Marine Stadium)

Lotte lost the second game of their series against Orix Buffaloes, failing to achieve their first three-game winning streak of the season. Their season record is now 9 wins and 14 losses, putting them five games below .500.

Mouri (Meiji), the left-handed pitcher who started and was drafted second in the draft, threw 4 2/3 innings and 65 pitches, recording his first professional loss with 4 hit, 2 Walk, 3 strike out, and 4 runs (3 earned). Had he secured his second win, he would have been the third player in 68 years to achieve two consecutive wins by a rookie opening pitcher who win in the opening game, following Yoshizo Ikeda (Taiyo) in 1947 and Tadashi Sugiura (Nankai) in 1958, except for his first year in 1936 in the pro baseball.

In the fifth inning, with the score tied 1-1, Nishino Walk to leadoff. bad throw to first base on Wakatsuki's bunt put runners on first and third with no outs, creating a dangerous situation. The third home run of the season, a three-run shot hit by Kurebayashi, then weighed heavily on the team.

The batting lineup took the lead in the second inning against Orix Buffaloes starting left-handed pitcher Soya, with Yamamoto Hit by Pitch by a pitch and Terachi hitting a single to center field, putting hit on first and third with one out, and Tomosugi scoring with squeeze. However, from the third inning onward, they piled up a mountain of weak ground balls.

Nishino is scheduled to start in the third game on the 23rd, where the team will be aiming for their first series win in two series. "I think I'm in good form, so I'll do my best to make a solid game," he said, showing his determination to get his first win of the season.