◆ Pacific League Rakuten Eagles 2-12 Nippon-Ham (June 6th, Rakuten Eagles Mobile is the strongest)

Rakuten Eagles suffered a come-from-behind loss to Nippon-Ham, ending their three-game winning streak.

The early part was pitcher battle. Rakuten Eagles starting pitcher is Ken Maeda, aiming for his first win since returning to NPB. In the first inning, he got the leadoff Castro to grounder to short, but Gunji then swung struck out. Yuki Kiyomiya also grounded out to second, closer runs the scoreline.

The game changed in the fourth inning. Taira hit a solo home run off Ito, giving his team the lead. This was his fourth home run of the season and his third in three consecutive games, providing support for Maeda Kenta.

In the fifth inning with a one-run lead, Ken Maeda found himself in a crisis. hit and 2 Walk with no deaths bases loaded. During Mannami's groundout to second double play, third base runner scored, tying the game. Still, with two outs and a runner on third, Mizuno grounded out to first. At least runs was enough to get by. He threw 82 pitches in 5 inning and was pulled after 3 hit, 2 Walk, and 1 runs. With the score tied, mound was dropped, and once again, his first win at his new club was postponed.

The game entered the final stages tied, but the relief couldn't hold on. Uchi, who came in as the second pitcher in the sixth inning, was replaced with two outs and a runner on first. Third batter, Song, gave up consecutive RBI hits to Reyes and Nomura, giving the team a two-run lead. Then, in the eighth inning, Sho Watanabe hit a 5-runs. Nakagome also gave up a three-run homer to Hosokawa, extending their lead.

The batting lineup was unable to overcome Nippon-Ham 's Ito, and the team suffered a crushing defeat, ending their winning streak.