◆ Pacific League Rakuten Eagles Orix Buffaloes (14th, Rakuten Eagles Mobile Saikyo Park Miyagi)

Rakuten Eagles narrowly defeated Orix Buffaloes, ending their two-game losing streak.

He turned the game around with a single offensive attack. Both teams scoreless in the first inning with two outs. Tatsumi hit his seventh solo homer to the left field seats in the opposite direction. He scored the first run. With a one-run lead and two outs in the fifth inning, Muneyama hit a solo home run to right field. He extended the lead with his first home run of the season. Orix Buffaloes Two solo homers from starting pitcher Kuri, scoring two runs. Manager Yoshii said, "We put up effective home run, but most of the other batters aren't hitting. We'll keep working hard to take down the pitcher starters," urging him to fight even harder.

Regarding Munayama, who finally delivered the long-awaited hit, Manager Yoshii expressed his delight, saying, “I think he hit it really well,” but also pointed out the play in the 7th inning with one out bases loaded that ended in a shallow fly ball to right field. “To be specific, bases loaded that play.If he’d hit it to the opposite field, outfield the fly ball would have been easier to lift. I’d like to see him develop that kind of technique,” he said, expressing his hope for the player’s continued growth.

On the pitching side, starting pitcher Takinaka delivered a strong performance, allowing only one runs through the middle of the seventh inning, securing his fifth win of the season.