◆パ・リーグ　ソフトバンク０―７楽天（３日・みずほペイペイドーム）

Rakuten Eagles win Softbank Hawks, ending their six-game losing streak. They've finally emerged from a dark tunnel.

Before the game, Hayakawa was entrusted with the starting mound in a difficult situation with a six-game losing streak. Cook hitter with a sharp and straightforward slider. He faced a crisis with one out and a runner on first in the fifth inning, but remained unfazed. He struck out Shuto and Kondo on a fly ball to left. In the sixth inning, he was in trouble with two outs and a runner on second, but runs no pitch. He threw 120 pitches in 7 inning, pitching 3 hit no runs and 9 strike out without losing control.

The batting lineup, eager to support Hayakawa, managed only four hit and no runs through five innings against Softbank Hawks 's starting pitcher, Maeda Yu. They were unable to break through the young left-hander.

It led to a scoreless seventh inning for both teams. Murabayashi led off with a single to left hit, and with one out and two on, substitute batter Yoshi Watanabe singled to left hit. With one out and runners at first and third, Ota hit a double to left sacrifice fly, scoring the long-awaited run. In the 8th inning, Murabayashi's right sacrifice fly and Nakajima's timely hit added more runs, and the team scored four more runs in the 8th inning to win the game.