◆ Pacific League: Nippon-Ham vs. Orix Orix Buffaloes (August 2nd, ES CON FIELD)

Orix Buffaloes pitcher Anderson Espinoza was pulled from the game after 2 2/3 innings, having given up 7 hit 6 runs.

In the first inning, with one out, Castro hit a single to right field, and then with two outs, he walked Walk, putting runners on first and second base. He then gave up a two-run doble to Reyes to left-center field, allowing the opposing team to score the first run. With two outs and a runner on second base, he gave up a two-run homer to Kiyomiya Yuki to right field.

In the second inning, with one out, he allowed doble the left field line to Tamiya, and then with two outs and a runner on second, he gave up an RBI single to Castro. In the third inning, with one out, he allowed a single to Reyes, and then gave up a double to Kiyomiya doble to right-center field, putting runners on second and third. He then gave up a sixth run on sacrifice fly to center field by Manami.

At this point, manager Kishida decided to switch to reliever Katayama. This meant that Katayama became only the third pitcher in the team's history to miss out on a perfect 5-0 start to the season, the first being Nishi Yuji in 2014 (who had 8 wins in his first 8 starts). ERA, which was 0.62 before the game, rose to 2.27.