◆ Pacific League: Nippon-Ham vs. Lotte (24th, ES CON FIELD)

Lotte, currently in fifth place in Pacific League, scored their first run in 16 inning when pinch hitter Polanco hit a spectacular two-run homer to right field that traveled 130 meters.

The lineup, which had allowed Kitayama 3 hit shutout game win on the previous day, couldn't even step on second base, was silent through the sixth inning of this day. In the third inning, trailing by one run, starting left-hander Takashi Kato hit the leadoff Yasuda hit to right, the team's first hit, but the following three batters gave up three outs on just five pitches, preventing them from advancing the runner. In the sixth inning, trailing by six runs, Yamamoto led off the doble down the left field line. After 15 inning, he advanced runner to second base for the first time in 15 days, with two outs and a runner on third, but Nishikawa was laid out to center and he couldn't reach home plate.

In the 7th inning with a score of 0-6, with one out, Soto hit a hit to center field, and with two outs and a runner on first, pinch hitter Polanco carried Takashi Kato's eighth pitch, a 131 km/h slider, from full count to the second tier of right field. Nippon-Ham Scored in the 16th inning of the second consecutive game, finally scoring the goal. His first home run in a month and a half since the May 10 Softbank Hawks game (Mizuho PayPay) was 130 meters long, according to NPB+.

Lotte's starting pitcher, Kawamura, was making his first appearance since April, but he gave up three Home Run and allowed nine hit and six runs in five innings, putting the team behind.