◆パ・リーグ　オリックス―西武（２０日・京セラＤ）

Seibu Lions starting pitcher, Chihiro Sumida has been pitch efficiently, throwing only 53 pitches through five innings without allowing runs.

In the first inning, he allowed a single to Nishikawa, the leadoff hit, but then induced a double play play from Yamanaka, getting a total of three batters out in just eight pitches. In the second inning, he retired the side in order with only six pitches.

He retired the side in order in both the third and fourth innings. In the fifth inning, with one out, he was challenged by his former teammate Hiranuma, who threw eight pitches, but he struck him out struck out, ending the inning with three batters retired in order as well.

In the first inning, with two outs and a runner on second, Canario—batting cleanup and playing right field—delivered an RBI single to left field to give his team the lead. In the second inning, with two outs and a runner on third (bases loaded), Kuwahara drove in another run with a bases-loaded walk (Walk), adding another run to the score.

In the fifth inning, with a two-run lead, Hasegawa hit an RBI single to left field with one out and a runner on first, and then with two outs and runners on first and second, Koga Yu hit an RBI single to center field, scoring two more runs.

The team suffered walk-off loss in the 10th inning of extra extra inning in their first game back against Orix Buffaloes on the 19th (at Kyocera Dome), so win in this game would mark their first win since the league season resumed.