◆ Pacific League Seibu Lions 2-4 Nippon-Ham (27th, Belluna Dome)

Nippon-Ham came from behind to defeat league leaders Seibu Lions, bringing their lead to a season-high of eight games above .500. They narrowed the gap with the league leaders to four games. Trailing 0-1 in the sixth inning, Yoshida hit his fourth home run of the season, his second in as many games, to tie the game. In the ninth inning, with one out and a runner on second, Narama hit a timely doble down the right field line to take the lead. Mizuno then hit a timely triple over the center field fence to further extend their lead.

After the game, manager Shinjo praised relievers Tanaka and Shimamoto, who came in as the second and third pitchers in the tying innings and held their opponents runs hit shifting the momentum in their favor. He said, "When it's tied, it's difficult to decide who to bring in. But today it turned out this way, so it was fine, but if it hadn't, I would have been criticized mercilessly (laughs). It's easy to say all sorts of things after seeing the result. But it's okay. If they get hit, it's my mistake. It's my responsibility. I want pitcher to play with all their might, and fielder too." The previous day, on the 26th, Uehara gave up a walk-off run to Seibu Lions 's Canario in the ninth inning with the score tied, and after mentioning the difficulty of pitching changes, he asked the players to play with all their might without being fixated on the results.