◆Nippon Life Interleague Series 2026 Chunichi 1x-0 Seibu Lions (May 5th, Vantelin Dome)

Seibu Lions However, they lost a nail-biting match against the Chunichi, pitcher, and suffered a defeat, walk-off. They finished the interleague season with a record of 6 wins, 2 losses, and 1 tie after playing 9 games.

Starting pitcher Kosei Takahashi allowed only one runs in nine innings, but was unable to secure his seventh win. In the first inning, with one out and a bases loaded on first, he got Muramatsu to hit into a double play play, ending the inning with just three batters. In the third inning, he faced a bases-loaded situation with one out, but he got Fukunaga to ground out to third base with a 135 km/h sweeper and Muramatsu to fly out to center field with a 153 km/h fastball, escaping the jam without giving up any runs.

In the seventh inning, he allowed a single to Hosokawa, hit, but closer the subsequent batters. In the ninth inning, he walked Fukunaga, the leadoff batter, putting Walk on first and second with two outs, before giving up a walk walk-off off hit to pinch hitter Abe.

The lineup put runners on first and third with no outs in the second inning but failed to score. In the eighth inning, with two outs, Kuwahara made a fierce run to a deep ball to right-center and put a runner on third with two outs, but Nevin was caught off guard by a struck out.