◆ Pacific League Rakuten Eagles Nippon-Ham (3rd, Rakuten Eagles Mobile Saikyo Park Miyagi)

Rakuten Eagles 's pitcher Takahisa Hayakawa earned his fourth win of the season with a strong performance, allowing only two hit no runs over eight innings.

He kept the breaking ball low and hitter. In the seventh inning, with a three-run lead, he faced a jam with one out and runners on first and third but remained unflappable. He escaped the jam with back-to-back struck out. With a dominant pitch performance—striking out a career-high 12 struck out—he snapped the team’s three-game losing streak. For himself, it was his first win since May 15.“I’m glad we won. I focused on pitching carefully,” he said, wiping the sweat from his brow after a satisfying performance.