◆パ・リーグ　ロッテ１０―２日本ハム（７日・ＺＯＺＯマリン）

Nippon-Ham suffered a crushing defeat against Lotte on the road, ending their winning streak and reducing their lead to 10 games. Starting pitcher Kitayama gave up grand slam to Lotte's Nishikawa (his 7th of the season) and a solo home run to Soto (his 9th of the season) in the 3rd inning, throwing 60 pitches and giving up 3 hit and 8 runs (3 earned) in the middle of the 4th inning, resulting in his 3rd loss of the season.

After the game, manager Shinjo criticized defense, saying, "We might set a new Japanese record for the number of errors. We need to be sharper. We'll break the record. Seriously." On this day, the team committed three errors and allowed 10 runs, bringing their total number of errors to 53, the worst in both leagues. In the third inning, third baseman Gunji made an error on a ground ball hit by Aito to the gap between third base and shortstop, which led to five runs. In the fourth inning, Kitayama committed two errors, including bad throw.

The record for most errors by a team in a single season since the two-league system was established was 235 errors by the West Japan team in 1950. Regarding Gunji, who committed his 10th error of the season, he said, "(The error) will shift the momentum to them. It wasn't a difficult hit, though. We need to think about the third base problem." From the 4th inning onwards, they switched third baseman Gunji with first baseman Kiyomiya Yuki, with Gunji at the center, Nomura and Kiyomiya Yuki playing third base, and the team was troubled by the "third base problem" where a regular player has not yet been established.