On June 16, in the third round of the 'Nippon Life Central and Pacific League Interleague 2026' between Hiroshima and Hokkaido Nippon-Ham held in Mazda Stadium, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham win 2-0. They finished the interleague games tied for second place with a 14-4 record and a .778 winning percentage.

Hokkaido Nippon-Ham started Koki Kitayama pitcher. He carried runner every inning from the first inning, but failed to score any runs, such as scoring struck out at key moments. Up to the fifth inning, he compiled 98 pitches, 2 hit, 4 fours, Hit by Pitch 8 strike out, and no runs. In the bottom of the sixth, with two hit and one out, runners on first and second, he was pulled after two outs. The Mizuki Hori pitcher who followed behind struck out the trailing team with a poor performance.

In the top of the fourth, the lineup created a two-out, runner-on-third opportunity with Walk and stolen base leadoff and Kota Yazawa leadoff pitchers. Here, Ruan Ohtsuka player scored a safety squeeze to take the lead. In the top of the ninth, Chusei Mannami also scored his 14th solo homer.

In the bottom of the 7th, Kota Tatsu pitcher retired all three batters in his first professional relief appearance, closer the bottom of the 8th Hiroya Shimamoto pitcher and the bottom of the 9th Taisei Yanagawa pitcher shutout game relay connecting with it. Hokkaido Nippon-Ham win 2-0, Kitayama pitcher marked his sixth win with 5.2 innings, 116 pitches, 4 hit 4 walks, 9 Hit by Pitch 9 strike out and no runs.

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Day ○ Koki Kitayama-Mizuki Hori-Kota Kota Tatsu-Hiroya Shimamoto-S Taisei Yanagawa
Hiro ● Saito Yuta - Endo Atsushi - Taka Taichi - Nakazaki Shota - Tsuji Taiga