◆ Pacific League League: Lotte vs. Orix Buffaloes (October 10th, ZOZO Marine Stadium)

Orix Buffaloes ・Shō Iwasaki pitcher took the mound as the fourth reliever in the sixth inning with his team leading by one run, but was forced to leave the game early, much to his disappointment.

The leadoff batter, Sato, hit doble to left field, and Aito laid down sacrifice bunt in front of the pitcher, putting the team in a jam with one out and a runner on third. The next batter, Kakunaka, was hit by a Hit by Pitch.

With one out and runners on first and third, Ogawa hit a game-tying RBI single to center field. After walking Tomosugi, the next bases loaded, the bases were loaded with one Walk, and at that point, manager Kishida decided to switch to the third pitcher, Gonda.

After that, Gonda gave up a go-ahead RBI single to Fujiwara, and Yamaguchi hit a two-doble down the left field line, bringing Iwasaki's total to four runs. The 160 km/h right-hander, who was promoted to the first team for the first time this season on June 2nd, had been pitch steadily since then, with two hold and ERA of 2.08 before the game. It was a surprising and disastrous performance.