◆パ・リーグ　ソフトバンク４―１楽天（１日・みずほペイペイドーム）

Softbank Hawks came from behind to win, narrowing the gap with league leaders Orix Buffaloes to 1.5 games.

In the sixth inning, trailing 0-1, leadoff hitter Kurihara hit a game-tying solo home run, his sixth of the season. In the seventh inning, with the score tied 1-1 and one out with a runner on second, Yanagida was hit by Hit by Pitch near his right knee. He glared at pitcher Nishigaki and got up, but was replaced. With two outs and doble on first and second, Kurihara hit a two-run double to take the lead. "All I wanted was to get the win for Uwasawa-san. I'm glad I was able to hit a go-ahead RBI single and perform well at the plate." After that, with two outs and a runner on second, Kondo hit a single to center field, allowing Kurihara to score and extending the lead to three runs.

Uesawa made his first start of the season in five days. In the first inning, he went 3 for 4 Hit by Pitch with one out bases loaded, but he got out of trouble against Yutaka Ito and Kurokawa struck out in a row. He lost a run in the 5th inning due to a caught stealing and an error with one out, but he got his third win in 7 innings on 5 hit 1 runs and 118 pitches. I was too cautious in the first inning and my pitch count was too high, and I wasn't sure what was going to happen, but I was able to pitch until the 7th inning and I think I did my minimum job as a starter. I will work hard again for my next start.

From the 8th inning onwards, Hikaru Kimura and Matsumoto Yu took over as pitchers and held on for the win.