◆ 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 moved the game with a single offensive attack. Two outs in the first inning. Tatsumi hit his seventh solo homer to the left field seat in the opposite direction. He scored the first run. With two outs in the fifth inning with a one-run lead, Muneyama hit a solo home run to right field. He extended his lead with his first home run this season. Orix Buffaloes Two solo homers from starting pitcher Kuri, scoring two runs. Manager Yoshii said, "We got effective home run, but the other batters barely got hit. We'll keep working hard to take down the starting pitcher," urging him to fight even harder.

On the pitching side, starting pitcher Takinaka delivered a strong performance. closer the opponent to just one solo home run to Nakagawa, and through seven innings, he allowed only six hit one runs, never letting the momentum shift. Regarding the right-hander who earned his fifth win of the season, the manager said, "Compared to his previous outing at a local ballpark in Koriyama, Fukushima, he was throwing his breaking ball low and well, so I think he did well."

Takinaka left the mound in the 7th inning with two outs and runners on first and second. Shibata retired the following batters to struck out and shut out the runs. The manager said, "(Takinaka) usually gets complicated around the third inning, so I was wondering what to do and pulled him in. But it was a bit late at the end. I hope he can pitch well enough to pitch that inning again," adding further expectations to Takinaka, adding, "Shibata coming in as a reliever was a really important moment, but he pitched solidly," praising Shibata's excellent relief.