◆Nippon Life Interleague Series 2026: Lotte 6-16 DeNA (13th, ZOZO Marine Stadium)

Lotte, who entered the game with a 50% winning percentage, suffered a crushing defeat, giving up a season-worst 16 runs, and failed to achieve a winning record for the first time since April 3rd.

Starting pitcher Tanaka was in a huge mess. In the first inning, they took the lead with Sano's RBI doble to left-center, and in the second, Ebina hit a timely hit and Maki's three-run homer runs. In the end, he was knocked out in a personal shortest 11/3 rounds and tied for his worst 7 runs, suffering his fifth loss. He win his first appearance of the season on March 28 against Seibu Lions, failing to secure a win, and his ERA worsened to 4.83. After stepping down, he apologized, saying, "I'm sorry for how things turned out this way."

In the fourth inning, the third pitcher, Hirohata, gave up bases loaded slam to Ebina, resulting in five runs. The score became a difficult 0-15.

In the fourth inning, Ueda hit a timely doble and Aito hit a two-run triple, in the fifth inning Nishikawa hit his sixth home run of the season, a two-run shot, and in the seventh inning Miyazaki hit his first professional home run, a solo shot, showing signs of a comeback, but the large number runs proved to be too much to overcome.