◆パ・リーグ　オリックス０―３日本ハム（９日・京セラドーム大阪）

Nippon-Ham win Orix Buffaloes, ending their seven-game losing streak against Orix Buffaloes on the road. Their deficit is now three games.

Starting pitcher Takashi Kato delivered a brilliant performance, throwing 90 pitches over 8 innings, allowing only 3 hit and no runs, earning his fourth win of the season.

The batting lineup, using the same starting starting line-up for the first time this season, recorded double-digit hit for the third consecutive game. In the first inning, cleanup hitter Nomura hit a go-ahead RBI single to center field, and in his third at-bat in the fifth inning, he hit his fifth home run of the season, a two-run shot to left-center field, adding to the score.