◆ Pacific League: Nippon-Ham vs. Orix Orix Buffaloes (3rd, ES CON FIELD)

Orix Buffaloes pitcher Alen Kuri was pulled from the game after giving up 5 hit 3 runs in 6 innings. In the first inning, he walked the leadoff batter Castro, and then Ota committed a surprising error on Otsuka's ground ball to Walk, putting runners on first and third with no outs. Reyes then hit an RBI single to center field, giving up the first run. With runners still on first and third with one out, Kiyomiya Yuki hit a sacrifice fly to center field, allowing another run. Kuri was forced to endure a difficult start, runs in the first inning for the fourth consecutive game.

He retired the side in order in the second inning, and in the third inning, he gave up two consecutive hits with two outs but kept the runs at 0. In the fourth inning, he walked the leadoff Walk but didn't allow the runner to advance, and in the fifth inning, with runners on first and third and two outs, he got Gunji to ground out to the shortstop.

In the 6th inning, after 100 pitches, Mannami hit an extra large solo shot over the left field wall with two outs, and from the 7th inning, the second pitcher, Yamada, went up to mound the plate. Kuri mixed in a variety of breaking ball pitches with his fastest pitch at 145 kilometers per hour and threw 10 strike out pitches, but it wasn't enough to get his third win.