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

League leaders Seibu Lions suffered a painful three-game sweep against last-placed Rakuten Eagles. This is only the second time this season that they have lost three straight games against the same opponent, the first being against Orix Buffaloes from April 14th to 16th (at Kyocera Dome).

Natsuki Takeuchi pitcher making his first start since the game against Hanshin on the 16th (at Hanshin Tigers Koshien) where the team clinched their first-ever interleague championship, complete game, allowing 7 hit 2 runs over 8 innings, but was unable to get run support and suffered his third loss of the season. He was unable to achieve his personal best of five consecutive wins, which he hadn't done since his rookie year in 2024.

In the first inning, he retired the side in order on just six pitches. However, in the second inning, leadoff batter McCusker hit a single to left field hit, followed by Kei Watanabe, who hit a line drive down the right-field line doble, putting runners on second and third with no outs. He then gave up a single to center field sacrifice fly to Murabayashi and an RBI single to right field to Nakajima, allowing two runs.From the third inning onward, the team showed resilience by allowing baserunners but no runs, but ultimately suffered a disappointing complete game loss.

The batting lineup saw Nevin, returning to action for the first time in nine games due to physical ailments including a left side injury, hit a single to left field as the leadoff hit in the second inning, but the subsequent batters failed to connect. In the sixth inning, Canario hit a single to left field with two outs, and in the seventh inning, Hasegawa led off with an infield hit to third base, but they were unable to score. They were held to just three hit by opposing starting pitcher Maeda Ken, who pitched through seven innings.