◆Nippon Life Interleague Series 2026 Chunichi 1-0 Rakuten Eagles (26th, Vantelin Dome)

Rakuten Eagles pitcher Kosei Shoji (25) pitched well, allowing only 6 hit 1 runs 7 innings, but suffered his fifth loss of the season.

His strong pitching paid off. In the second inning, he opened the scoring with a solo shot to left field by Hosokawa. Still, after that, I kept holding on while playing runner. In the third inning, he escaped a two-out, runners-on-first and second jam, and in the fourth, he closer with two outs and runners on first and third, runs no outs. Raise your condition to a hip-up, 7 rounds 6 hit 1 runs 5 strike out. He played a starting role but became a lose. The right-hander said, "I'm glad I managed to hold on and didn't give up any extra runs. (The shot I hit to Hosokawa) was a bit off. It was a complete control error," he recalled with frustration.