◆ Pacific League Rakuten Eagles Seibu Lions (25th, Rakuten Eagles Mobile Saikyo Park Miyagi)

Rakuten Eagles win Seibu Lions, extending their winning streak to three games. Starting pitcher Kenta Maeda pitched brilliantly, allowing only three hit and no runs over seven innings. In his seventh appearance of the season, he earned his long-awaited first win. With tears in his eyes, he spoke of his joy on the victory platform, saying, "I've been getting so much support from the fans, but I haven't been able to get a win until now. Today has become a very important day for me."

Ken Maeda got off to a strong start from the very first inning. He got the leadoff canario out with a 151 km/h fastball to fly to right, and with two outs, he swung Hasegawa at splitter struck out. It started with no runs.

The right-hander continued to pitch well. Twice, he was hit by a left-front hit from Nevin, who led the team, but remained unfazed. He calmly took down the trailing runners. strike Took the lead and didn't allow a single runner in the 3rd to 5th innings. He inning the longest pitch of the season with a record 114 pitches, totaling just 3 hit pitch. He also delivered a series of excellent fielding. This was his first win in NPB in 3,919 days since the game against Chunichi (Mazda) on October 2, 2015. With a stunning pitch, I finally got my long-awaited win.

This was the 200th career win for new manager Masato Yoshii. A series of memorable win followed.