◆Nippon Life Interleague Series 2026 Rakuten Eagles 2-1 Hiroshima (June 12, Rakuten Eagles Mobile Saikyo Park Miyagi)

Rakuten Eagles came from behind to defeat Hiroshima, securing their second consecutive win.

The game started as pitcher duel. Rakuten Eagles 's Kish and Hiroshima's Tamamura, both starting pitchers, runs until the second. The game changed in the third inning. The rain gradually intensified, and the game was suspended at 6:52 PM during Sakakura's at-bat with two outs and runners on first and second base in the top of the third inning. A tarp was laid on ground. The rain then subsided, and the game resumed at 7:32 PM.

He was mound again, but with one out and runners on first and second, Sakakura hit a timely doble to right-center. He escaped the subsequent crisis with runners on second and third with one out, runs empty-handed. From the 4th inning, while runner was released, the tenacity pitch. He threw a season-high 109 pitches in 7 inning.

The lineup that wanted to support Kishi struggled against Tamamura. He was limited to just 1 hit up to 6 innings. Still, in the seventh inning, with two outs and runners on first and second, Murabayashi broke through to left-center for a two-run doble. They turned the game around. In the ninth, Fujihira faced a crisis with two outs and bases loaded, but ultimately retired Fabian with a swinging struck out.

Kishi became the 14th player in history to achieve 20 consecutive win. In interleague play, he recorded his 27th win, tying him with Tsuyoshi Wada (Softbank Hawks) for third place all-time.