◆ Pacific League Rakuten Eagles 3-0 Orix Buffaloes (14th, Rakuten Eagles Mobile is the strongest)

Rakuten Eagles win Orix Buffaloes, ending their five-game losing streak.

They took control from the start. In the first inning, with no outs and runners on first and third, Tatsumi hit sacrifice fly to left field off Jerry to score the first run. In the third inning, with one out and runners on second and third, Ota hit a two-run single to center field to extend the lead.

Pitching was a strong pitching performance by starter Ureña. He mass-produced ground ball outs centered around two seam fastball weighing over 150 kilograms. In the third inning, with two Walk and two outs, runners on first and second, he swung Nishikawa struck out. He calmly kept putting out multiple outs. In the 7th inning with a three-run lead, he caused a two-out, runners-on-first and second crisis and was taken out. Sho Suzuki, in second place, broke through the chase and pulled through without runs. The foreign right-hander was a starting mound on the 5th day of the rest and closer runs 4 hit in the middle of the 7th inning.