◆パ・リーグ　ソフトバンク―楽天（１日・みずほペイペイドーム）

Rakuten Eagles pitcher Tatsuki Koja (24) started the game against Softbank Hawks but was taken out of the game in the middle of the 6th inning after giving up 5 hit 1 runs.

I runner from the start, but I stayed calm. In the first inning, he gave up a hit to center field by Yanagida in leadoff, but with one out, he grounded out Kurihara to double play. In the third inning, he caused a no-out, runner-on-third crisis. Still, he held off the chasers and closer runs.

It was the sixth inning, and they were leading by one run. The leadoff batter, Kurihara, hit a solo home run to left field to tie the game. He then Walk Kondo, and after that, with one out and a runner on second base, he was taken out of the game. He had given up 5 hit, 3 Walk, and 1 runs in the middle of the 6th inning, so his first win of the season was put on hold. The second pitcher, Kajiya, got out of a jam with one out and a runner on second base without runs.