◆ Pacific League Seibu Lions 4-2 Rakuten Eagles (8th and Belluna Dome)

Rakuten Eagles 's pitcher Urena, who started the game hoping to earn his second win of the season, was pulled after 6 innings, having given up 7 hit 3 runs, and his second win of the season will have to wait.

He wears a bandana adorned with the pirate flag of the Straw Hat Pirates from the popular anime One Piece under his cap. His routine every time is to make the sign of the cross before heading to mound, stretching, and then starting to pitch.

He had been pitching well, mixing his fastest fastball at 156 km/h with slider, splitter, and change-up closer the opponent runs through five innings, but he faltered in the sixth inning.

In this inning, Nishikawa led off the inning, giving up a left-center doble, and after one out, he had Nevin walk and put runners on first and second. On the sixth pitch he threw in the An-Ko Lin, he was doble to left-center, giving up two runs first. Furthermore, Hirasawa hit a timely doble to left-center, and in this inning, he fell into chaos with three runs in one go, biting his lip and saying, "There was something wrong with his control." Manager Miki praised him, saying, "He had great chemistry with Ota from catcher, and his shots were strong." He was replaced by Sen Tanaka in the 7th inning and gave up mound in 90 pitches.

Regarding the foreign pitcher's appearance on five days' rest, the manager withheld details, saying, "There are various factors involved, so please ask General Manager (Kazuhisa Ishii) for more information."