◆ Pacific League Rakuten Eagles Softbank Hawks (17th, Rakuten Eagles Mobile Saikyo Park Miyagi)

Softbank Hawks secured win in five games, preventing their first three-game sweep against the same opponent this season.

In the first inning, Masaki, who entered the game in the first position for the second consecutive game, led off with a single to left. Continuing from the previous day (16th), Dai Makihara made a chance at sacrifice bunt. With two outs and a runner on second, Kurihara hit a two-run double, No. 12, the top of both leagues, in the fourth.

After taking the lead, starting pitcher Yu Maeda, who received support, also allowed hit every inning, showing tenacious pitch. In the fifth inning with a two-run lead, Taira led off with a solo homer, and continued to face a two-out, runners-on-first and second trouble. It was a one-stroke comeback moment, but he managed to keep the lead by swinging and missing Tatsumi struck out.

In the 6th inning, Kamichaya went up to mound and gave up a hit to right field to Taira with two outs. Even so, right fielder Megumi Yamamoto prevented the tying run from scoring with a good return of the ball.

In the following seventh inning, with two outs and a runner on first, Shuto made a timely doble to left field, followed by Shoji with a timely single to right field to add two more runs. In the eighth inning, with one out and a runner on third, Kurihara delivered a clutch RBI single to center field and pulled away. pitcher Jin also linked up with Osuna, Hiroshi Matsumoto, and Sugiyama, preventing runs.

Yu Maeda secured his second win, achieving his first-ever consecutive victories.