◆ Pacific League Nippon-Ham 4-0 Lotte (23rd, ES CON FIELD)

Lotte, who had been on a three-game winning streak, suffered their ninth shutout win of the season, managing only three hit no runs, thus missing out on a fourth consecutive win. They were shutout game by Nippon-Ham 's starting pitcher Kitayama, who allowed only three hit, and they weren't even able to reach second base.

In the 7th inning, with the score 0-3, pitcher José Castillo (30), who joined the team this season, made his debut in Japan. The first batter, Shindo, hit doble that hit third base for a double, and the next batter, Yamagata, had his out call overturned to safe after a review. This put runners on first and third with no outs, and Mizuno executed squeeze, but Castillo managed to hold them off after that, closer the damage to just one runs.

With 69 appearances in the majors, the 198cm tall left-hander's pitching slider around pitch that reached a top speed of 149 km/h, along with sliders and two seam fastball fastballs. He suffered a left hamstring injury in a game against Orix Buffaloes on March 11 (at ZOZO Marine Stadium) before the season started and was sidelined. Although he unfortunately gave up one runs in his NPB debut, manager Saburo gave him a passing grade, saying, "His pitches were good, and his control was good, so it will be a great help to have one more reliever, and I hope he does his best."