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

Seibu Lions Lions pitcher Kosei Takahashi had a disastrous outing, giving up 8 hit and 7 runs in less than 5 innings, delaying his 8th win of the season.

pitch was far from his usual form. In the second inning, with the score tied 0-0, he allowed Walk to Manami, the leadoff batter, and then walked Yoshida, putting runner in scoring position. At this point, he gave up a timely doble down the left field line to Gunji, conceding the first run. He then gave up three more runs in the inning on sacrifice fly by Nomura and sacrifice fly to center field by Tamiya.

In the third inning, with two outs, he Walk Reyes, and then gave up a fourth run on a timely doble by Manami.

In the fifth inning, An-Ko Lin 's two-run homer sparked a comeback mood, and he runs again. In the fifth inning, he gave up consecutive homers to Miyazaki and Mizuno, giving up three more runs in this inning. He was taken out after four and a third of the inning.

The right-hander has suffered 17 losses against Nippon-Ham so far, the most against any single opponent. He was unable to overcome his weakness against them.