◆Nippon Life Interleague Series 2026 Yakult 2-2 Seibu Lions (27th, Jingu Stadium) =12 extra inning tie=

Seibu Lions suffered a painful draw. Starting pitcher Yutaro Watanabe pitched well, allowing only four hit and no runs over seven innings, but reliever Hibiki Shinohara pitcher. In the eighth inning, with a two-run lead and one out with a runner on first, Santana hit a game-tying two-run homer. The hard-extra inning game went into extra innings, with the relief pitchers holding their ground from the third inning onward, but the offense failed to capitalize on numerous scoring opportunities.

Manager Fumiya Nishiguchi summarized by saying, "Just like yesterday, reliever pitchers did a great closer them off once extra inning." Regarding Shinohara, who gave up the tying home run, he pointed out, "Shinohara said, 'I was trying to get strike,' but he's not the kind of hitter would try to get a strike in that situation. I think it was a wasted pitch."