◆パ・リーグ　日本ハム―ソフトバンク（１５日・エスコンフィールド）

Nippon-Ham 's starting pitcher, Takayuki Kato, left the game with the chance to earn his league-leading 10th win.

In the second inning, immediately after taking the lead, they gave up two runs on three consecutive hits by Kurihara, Yanagida, and Yanagimachi, allowing the opposing team to take the lead. However, they managed to get Imamiya to hit into a double play play, ending the inning.

In the fourth inning, when the offense had regained a two-run lead, he gave up a run when Kurihara hit a solo home run to right field, his 26th of the season. However, in the fifth inning, with two outs and runners on first and second base, he got Kondo to ground out to first base, earning the right to be win pitcher.