◆ Pacific League Rakuten Eagles Softbank Hawks (16th, Rakuten Eagles Mobile Saikyo Park Miyagi)

Softbank Hawks suffered their first four-game losing streak of the season.

In the 2nd inning, with one out bases loaded and Shoko in the middle sacrifice fly, we took the lead. in the 3rd inning, with two outs, Yanagida hit a double to right field, bringing home two more runner and Makihara Dai. The team took an early two-run lead to stop their losing streak.

Starting pitcher Stewart allowed runner on base in the first inning, but showed pitch on the mound. He had thrown 48 pitches by the end of the second inning. Nevertheless, he didn't allow hit in the third and fourth innings, regaining his rhythm.

However, in the fifth inning, Murabayashi led off with a solo home run, narrowing the lead to one run. Then, with one out and a runner on second, Kurokawa hit a timely doble to right field, tying the game. After that, with one out and runners on first and third, the second pitcher, Kamichatani, also gave up a timely hit to Asamura that was a hard ground ball to shortstop, putting the opposing team behind again.

Hernandez, who took the mound in the 7th inning, gave up an additional run on a bases-Walk with one bases loaded. This sealed their second consecutive series loss. Yamamoto Yu, who was acquired in a trade from DeNA, recorded two hit, including his first hit since joining the team, but they are now one game below .500 for the first time this season.