◆ Pacific League Rakuten Eagles 0-3 Seibu Lions (26th -Rakuten Eagles Mobile is the strongest)

Seibu Lions won a close game that went into extra inning innings, thanks to the appearance of a "lucky dove."

Ten innings of the 0-0 extra inning. With two outs and a runner on second, a stranger appeared in ground field. Suddenly, a pigeon descended from the sky near first base. After that, he stayed at ground, and Rakuten Eagles was in a "infield five-person shift" state. When the ball was at two balls, time ran out, and first base umpire umpire Yoshimoto tried to eject the ball. However, perhaps because they were used to people, the pigeons wouldn't fly easily. He managed to get the ball back into the foul zone at first base, but perhaps this disrupted Kajiya's rhythm as the mound batter and gave Yu Koga a Walk, followed by Watanabe's single to left field, putting the team bases loaded two outs. At that point, Canario hit a winning two-run hit to the left front. Additionally, due to the opponent's defense faltering, we added another point. He scored three goals in one go to seal the match.

In the bottom of the inning, second-round draft pick, left-handed pitcher Iwaki, closed out the game with his eighth save, further extending his league-leading tally.

Starting pitcher Kaima Taira pitcher (26) pitched 7 innings, throwing 2 hit no runs 10 strike out. In the 7th inning with a 0-0 score, he put runners on first and second with no outs, creating his first troublesome situation, but with one out and runners on second and third, McCuscar swung a 155 km/h fastball and Ota swung slider struck out at 140 km/h. This was his second double-digit strike out of the season, and he said with satisfaction, "I was able to aim for struck out and keep putting out in good shape."

The offense, which had scored nine runs the previous day, was silenced by Rakuten Eagles 's pitcher Takahisa Hayakawa (27). They created several chances, starting with seventh hit Yamamura who had two hits, but in the fifth inning with two outs and runners on first and second, Takizawa grounded out to the shortstop. In the eighth inning with one out and a runner on second, pinch hitter Kuriyama, who will retire at the end of the season, grounded out to second base, and Kojima flied out to right field, making it difficult to score. Nevertheless, they won the series with the help of an unexpected guest.