◆ Pacific League Rakuten Eagles: Rakuten vs. Orix Buffaloes (14th, Rakuten Eagles Mobile)

Orix Buffaloes Sean Hjelle pitcher was taken out after 3 innings of 8 hit 3 runs. Before the game, he was a 213 cm right-hander who had achieved QS (Quality Start = 6 or more innings with 3 earned runs or fewer) in all 5 games. In the first inning, with no outs, Sato hit a doble to right-center and Kurokawa hit a infield hit to second, putting runners on second and third. He was hit by a left-handed sacrifice fly by Tatsumi and conceded the opening goal.

In the third inning, with no outs, Jerry gave up consecutive hits to Tatsumi and Asamura, and sacrifice bunt by Watanabe put runners on second and third. He then gave up a two-run single to Ota, allowing two runs to score. Kawase took mound in the fourth inning as the second pitcher. In his sixth game in Japan, Jerry missed his first quality start and was forced to leave the game early.