◆Nippon Life Interleague Series 2026: DeNA Rakuten Eagles (3rd, Yokohama)

Rakuten Eagles 's starting pitcher, Tatsuki Koja, threw 102 pitches over six innings, allowing only two hit and no runs, but left the game with no run support from his teammates, keeping the score at 0-0. He missed out on his second win of the season, which would have been his first since the game against Softbank Hawks on May 16th (Rakuten Eagles Mobile's strongest team), but he made his presence felt at Yokohama Stadium, where he played during his time at Toin Yokohama University.

He had a pitching duel with Yutaka Ishida, also a third-year university graduate. left-handed hitter Against a six-man DeNA lineup, he made a strong start by using powerful fastballs and two seam fastball and slider, going hit through three innings without . In the fourth inning, he put in his first crisis with consecutive hit with runners on first and second and no outs, but retired cleanup hitter Tsutsugo with a swinging struck out to get the trailing hitters out.

After that, he retired three batters each in the fifth and sixth innings, finishing with a good performance of two hit, one Walk and five strike out before handing the baton to the next batter.