◆Nippon Life Interleague Series 2026: Nippon-Ham 5-9 Chunichi (14th, ES CON FIELD)

Nippon-Ham lost to Chunichi, ending their nine-game winning streak. Their lead in the interleague series is now six games. Their interleague record is 13 wins and 4 losses. Since Softbank Hawks finished their series with a 14-4 record, the outcome of the interleague championship, including Seibu Lions, will depend on the results of the final game on the 16th (against Hiroshima at Mazda Stadium).

In the first inning, Mizutani's infield single to hit created a scoring opportunity, and cleanup hitter Nomura's timely single to center field gave them an early lead. However, in the second inning, starting pitcher Ruei-Yang Gu Lin walked Walk and allowed a double, putting runners on second and doble with two outs. He then gave up a two-doble down the right field line to Tanaka, allowing the opposing team to take the lead. He continued to give up runs after that and was pulled from the game in the middle of the fourth inning after throwing 74 pitches, giving up 6 hits, 3 hit Walk 5 runs.

The offense responded by scoring one run each in the third inning with Reyes' 13th solo home run and in the fourth inning with Narama's timely single to left field. Then, in the sixth inning, Otsuka led off with his 4th solo home run, followed by Manami's 13th solo home run, for back-to-back Home Run to tie the game.

However, in the seventh inning, with the second inning and fourth pitcher Fukutani, with one out and a runner on first, he gave up consecutive Home Run to Hosokawa and Takashi Ishikawa, giving up a three-run lead. In the eighth inning, Kuroyanagi gave up one run.