◆ Pacific League Seibu Lions 1-5 Nippon-Ham (28th, Belluna Dome)

Nippon-Ham won two straight games against league leaders Seibu Lions on the road, bringing their lead to a season-high of nine games. They have now narrowed the gap with the league leaders to three games.

After the game, manager Shinjo commented on Manami, who had been left out of the starting starting line-up for two consecutive games on the 26th and 27th, and was used as the cleanup hitter that day, saying, "Manami was left out of starting line-up, so I wanted him to vent his frustration by batting fourth. I'm thinking of trusting Manami to bat fourth for a little while and letting him hit." This suggested that he would continue to bat fourth despite Manami's poor form.

In the five games prior to this match, Manami had only one At Bat in 15 at hit. His numbers haven't improved in June, with a batting average of .222 and two Home Run. The manager said, "His condition isn't good. It wasn't good. But he's the kind of player who can change with just one hit. He was really happy with that last hit to left field today, and I hope this will bring back the batting that Manami had at the start of the season." In his first three at-bats, he grounded out to second base, flied out to right field, and grounded out to shortstop, but in his fourth at-bat, he hit a single to left field. He is currently fourth in the league with 14 home runs. Home Run hopes for the recovery of the number 66 player, who is absolutely essential for the team to win the league championship for the first time in 10 years.