◆Nippon Life Interleague Series 2026 Rakuten Eagles vs. The Giants (10th, Rakuten Eagles Mobile Saikyo Park Miyagi)

Rakuten Eagles 's starting pitcher, Tatsuki Koja suffered an unfortunate accident.

After getting Matsumoto to ground out to second base with no outs in the first inning, something unexpected happened. Kosha went back to the dugout. However, he later returned to mound and resumed pitch, and it was decided that he would continue pitching.

However, Fujiwara took mound as the second pitcher from the second inning. Starting pitcher Kosha had to leave the game after runs one run in the first inning.

Rakuten Eagles announced on the 10th that manager Hajime Miki would be taking a leave of absence. The decision was made after discussions between the team and the manager, and head coach Tatsuya Shiokawa has been in charge as acting manager since the game The Giants that day. Acting manager Shiokawa was immediately faced with a difficult task in his first game.