◆ Pacific League Softbank Hawks 3-5 Rakuten Eagles (October 10th, Mizuho PayPay Stadium)

Rakuten Eagles 's pitcher Chiharu Tanaka, earned his first win since joining the team.

From the tied seventh inning, he advanced to mound as the second pitcher. He caused a crisis with runners on second and third with two outs, but got Yanagimachi to ground out to shortstop and closer out with no runs. Immediately after, in the eighth inning, McCuscar hit a two-run homer to take the lead. For the right-hander, who joined Rakuten Eagles on compensation for Norimoto who had exercised his overseas free agent rights from Rakuten Eagles to enter The Giants, this was his first win since the transfer. "First of all, I'm grateful that they used it in a tie-up situation. Everyone was determined to win today, and I believe it's our job to come home with zero, so I'm glad they scored after that," he said with a cheerful voice.

He has appeared in 17 games so far this season. Since being recalled to the first team on the 7th, runs two consecutive scoreless games. "I didn't start well (in today's game), so after the game, Fujihira-san taught me a lot about how to start and prepare, and I'm looking ahead to improving that," he said.