◆ Pacific League Rakuten Eagles Nippon-Ham (April 4th, Rakuten Eagles Mobile Saikyo Park Miyagi)

Nippon-Ham 's offense went silent, resulting in their second consecutive loss. Their lead in the standings has fallen to 10 games.

They were closer by Rakuten Eagles 's starting pitcher Kenta Maeda, managing only two scattered hit through seven innings. They couldn't even reach second base and couldn't find a way to break through their defense.

In the third inning, starting pitcher Walk walked a hit and allowed an infield single, putting doble the right field line to Nakajima, allowing the opposing team to score the first run. After one out, he gave up another run on sacrifice fly to left field to Tatsumi, putting the opposing team ahead two more times.

Hosono showed signs of recovery from the fourth inning onward, but in the seventh inning, after one out, he allowed consecutive hits to put runners on first and third base, and then gave up squeeze, resulting in his third runs allowed. He was then taken off mound, suffering his fifth loss of the season.

The batting lineup was baffled by Kenta Maeda's skillful pitch, and they only managed to score one run in the ninth inning.