◆ Pacific League: Nippon-Ham vs. Seibu Lions (11th, ES CON FIELD)

Nippon-Ham 's catcher, Yuya Gunji, hit a go-ahead RBI doble off Seibu Lions 's Hikaru Takahashi.

Gunji made starting line-up start in three games, batting sixth and playing first base. In the second inning, with no outs and runners on first and second, he swung hard at Takahashi's second pitch, a 150 km/h fastball high and in the middle of the plate, and hit doble down the left field line. "I'll get another hit next time. That's all for today," he commented.

In the game against Lotte on the 7th (at ZOZO Marine Stadium), he played third base and recorded his 10th error of the season. Manager Shinjo criticized his third base defense, saying, "It wasn't a difficult hit, but we need to think about the third base issue," so on this day he made starting line-up start at first base this season. In his first at-bat, he lived up to the manager's expectations.

The offense continued to attack, scoring three runs in the second inning with consecutive sacrifice fly from Nomura and Tamiya.