◆ Pacific League Nippon-Ham 8-2 Seibu Lions (11th, ES CON FIELD)

The third-place Nippon-Ham knocked out Seibu Lions starting pitcher Hikaru Takahashi—who had been leading the league in pre-game statistics at ERA Pacific League—with a barrage of extra-base hits, forcing him out of the game in the middle of the fifth inning. With a 1-1 record in their three-game head-to-head series against the second-place Seibu Lions, they have closed the gap to zero games behind.

In the second inning, with no outs and runners on first and second base, Gunji hit a timely doble the left field line to score the first run, followed by consecutive sacrifice fly from Nomura and Tamiya to add three more runs in the inning. In the third inning, with two outs and a runner on first base, Manami hit a ball through left-center field, and Reyes sprinted from first base to score, adding another run.

In the fifth inning, after giving up two runs, Miyazaki hit his first professional home run, a solo shot over left field, followed by Mizuno's sixth solo home run over right field. Then, doble down the right field line by Manami and a single to center field by Yoshida put runners on first and third with one out, and they scored their seventh run on an error by the opposing team, knocking Takahashi out of the game. By the fifth inning, they had accumulated eight hit and seven runs, effectively scoring with six extra-base hits.

With run support, starting pitcher Yamazaki earned his second win of the season, allowing 7 hit 2 runs over 5 innings. The team then used a relief pitching strategy from the 6th inning onward to secure the win.