◆ Pacific League Seibu Lions 4X-Nippon-Ham (26th, Belluna Dome)

Nippon-Ham suffered walk-off loss to league Seibu Lions, ending their two-game winning streak. The gap between them and the league leaders widened to five games. In the bottom of the ninth inning, with the score tied 3-3, their third pitcher, Uehara, gave up walk-off run to Canario.

After the game, manager Shinjo said, "Canario's timing was perfect from the start today. He had such good swings that I think he could have hit any pitcher today." He was impressed by the opposing team's foreign player who gave up four hit to them.

Nevertheless, he praised Yoshida, who hit two consecutive Home Run Takahashi Hikaru and Nakamura for the first time in his professional career, saying, "Yoshida hit two perfect home runs. Amazing. He seemed very confident at the plate." Regarding his decision to select Yoshida, who is registered as catcher but is unfamiliar with playing center field, he said, "Today, starter was Ito, and I was thinking of starting line-up lineup that would prioritize defense, but I couldn't get home run he hit off fork off (Softbank Hawks) Stewart out of my head, and I thought it would be great if he could hit like that, so I put him in starting line-up today, and it was similar, wasn't it? Both of them. He has always had great batting talent." His selection was based on prioritizing the expectation that Yoshida would contribute offensively, even more so than defense.