◆ Pacific League Rakuten Eagles Softbank Hawks (15th -Rakuten Eagles Mobile is the strongest)

Rakuten Eagles win Softbank Hawks, securing their second consecutive win. The offense scored four runs in the second inning, giving starting pitcher Hayakawa support. Manager Hajime Miki nodded and said, "Hayakawa has been pitching well all season, and we haven't been able to score early, but we did today. I think it was good that we were able to give Hayakawa a little bit of support today, as he had been patiently pitching all along. I hope we can do this more often."

Murabayashi took the lead in the 2nd inning with a timely hit off Uesawa. With two outs in the second inning and runners on first and second, Sato hit a three-run shot into the left-field bleachers. The man who had been a member of Softbank Hawks until last season brought in an extra run with this "return favor" shot. The manager commented on Sato's valuable three-run shot, "home run is where I hit the long balls, but home run has a lot of power. He hit three shots, too, but it's not so much the long hit, but the charm and difficulty of home run the long hit. （The first thing to do is to make sure that you have a good idea of what you're doing.

In the 6th inning, with a 5-run lead and no outs, he sacrifice bunt advanced runner and scored a valuable extra run during Tatsumi's groundout (recorded as fielder’s choice). Miki said, "We were about to score one more run. There are many ways to look at it, and I think that's baseball it, but Tatsumi managed to do his job even though he was pushed into a corner. （Naoki (Sato, third base runner) was also really good base running. I think it's the awareness of base running each player on a daily basis and the fact that base running the coaches are always talking to us about various things. I'd like to thank the players and coaches, and I think it was a good play.

Hayakawa, who started and pitched, delivered a steady pitch. He continued hit runs pitch until the sixth inning. He gave up consecutive home runs to Yanagita and Masaki, but the next pitcher closer and pitched 4 hit 2 runs in the 8th inning for his third win. The team has now won two straight games and has bounced back.