◆Nippon Life Interleague Series 2026 Chunichi 1-4 Seibu Lions (12 innings) (July 7 extra inning Vantelin Dome)

Seibu Lions won their second five-series series of the season, extending their lead to a season-high 13 games above .500. In the extra inning of the 12th inning, with the score tied, Shinya Shinya Hasegawa hit his eighth home run of the season to give them the lead. Then, Yu Koga hit a two-doble to extend the lead. In the bottom of the 11th inning, with two outs and runners on first and second base, Taiga Ueda, the sixth hitter to take the mound, walked Walk with what appeared to be intentional walk walk, and then threw a ball to the next batter, Itayama, on the first pitch. He then picked off Hosokawa, runner at first base, with a pickoff throw. He successfully extinguished the fire with five balls and strike, earning his second professional win.

In his fourth game in Japan, Allan Winans pitcher formed a battery with Sena Tsuge catcher for the first time and started strike out 7 innings, 1 hit, 8 no runs. Despite giving up two Walk and other pitches, he closer the Chunichi lineup without hit until the fourth inning. In the fifth inning, Takashi Ishikawa hit his first hit hit to left, but he cut off the chasers. He retired all three batters in order in order in the sixth inning. In the seventh inning, he gave the leadoff pitcher Hosokawa a Walk to two outs and a runner on second, but struck Yamamoto with the fastest 145 km/h fastball of the day, swinging struck out and letting out a roar.

However, Shunsuke Sato pitcher, who came in as the second reliever in the eighth inning, gave up an unlucky doble to pinch-hitter Ukai third base. With one out and a runner on third, he then allowed Okabayashi to hit a game-tying sacrifice fly to right field, putting Winans’ second win on hold. The game was back to square one.

With the score tied at 0-0 in the fifth inning, with no outs and runners on first and third, Sosuke Genda infielder hit an RBI single to right field to give his team the lead. However, from the sixth inning onward, Chunichi the team couldn’t even get a hit off the relief pitchers hit. The game went into extra innings tied at 1-1 extra inning, but they ultimately pulled out the win.