◆ Pacific League Softbank Hawks 11-0 Seibu Lions (August 1st, Mizuho PayPay Stadium)

Seibu Lions, who had fallen from first place on June 30, had starter Allan Winans pitcher pitch 4 innings, 4 strike out, 6 hit, 5 Walk, a record 7 runs in Japan. fielder also struggled with 4 hit and 1 error, and from the second inning in the June 28 game against Nippon-Ham (Belluna D), they went scoreless for 26 inning. They suffered their worst four consecutive losses of the season.

In the first inning, Wynans gave up a leadoff home run to Masaki, allowing hitter to score first. Then, with one out and a runner on first, he gave up a two-run homer to Kurihara, giving up three runs in one inning. In the third inning, with one out left fielder Kuwahara dropped a shallow fly ball hit by Kurihara. With one out and a runner on first, Makihara and Yanagimachi hit consecutive singles, allowing two more runs.

In the fourth inning, with one out, he walked two consecutive batters, putting Walk first and second with one out, and then gave up a two-run doble to Kondo that split left-center field.

Ueda, who came in as the second pitcher from the fifth inning, gave up a solo Home Run to Yanagida to right field, and then another solo Home Run to Kondo in the sixth inning, widening the lead.

The batting lineup failed to find a way to break through opposing starter Yu Maeda, going three up, three down in each of the first three innings. In the fourth inning, they finally created a good opportunity with two outs and runners on first and second, but Hasegawa grounded out to third base. In the fifth inning, Tonosaki and Koga Yu drew consecutive Walk with no outs, putting runners on first and second with no outs, but Watanabe struck out out swinging, Kishi flied out to right field, and Kuwahara grounded out to third base, and the score remained 0.