◆ Pacific League Orix Buffaloes 0-4 Seibu Lions (20th, Kyocera Dome)

Seibu Lions Starter Chihiro Sumida pitcher pitched nine innings, allowing 3 hit 2 Walk 0 runs to earn his sixth win. With 8 strike out, he recorded his second shutout game win of the season. The team secured its first win since the league resumed play.

In the first inning, he gave up 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. He had thrown only 53 pitches by the end of the fifth inning.

He retired the side in order six times, Orix Buffaloes preventing the opposing lineup from finding their rhythm. In the seventh inning, he reacted quickly to a hard line drive by lead-off batter Nishikawa pitcher, catch turning it into a groundout to the shortstop. With one out, he walked Ota—his first walk of the day Walk—but held off the rest of the inning.

In the eighth inning, he recorded two consecutive struck out and gave up Wakatsuki's second Walk of the day, but Kurita then grounded out the ball.

In the ninth inning, they allowed Kurebayashi to get his second hit of the day, and then doble to Yamanaka with two outs, but they didn't give up any runs.

He threw fewer than 100 pitches shutout game, just shy of Maddux's record, but he dominated the game with a spectacular pitch.

In the first inning, with two outs and a runner on second, Canario—batting cleanup and starting in 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 drew a bases-loaded walk (Walk) to drive in another run.

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.