◆ Pacific League Nippon-Ham 7-6 Softbank Hawks (15th, ES CON FIELD)

Softbank Hawks 's three-game winning streak came to an end after they runs in the first four inning.

Aiming for his sixth win, Stewart became the starting mound for the first time since the July 3 game against Lotte (Mizuho PayPay). However, he struggled with control, giving up three Walk in the first inning, and runs the first inning. In the second inning, with runners on second and third and no outs, Yanagimachi hit a two-run single to take the lead, but he struggled pitch in the second and third innings, and after four runs, he retired from mound.

In the fourth inning, lead-off hitter Kurihara hit his 26th solo home run to narrow the gap, but in the subsequent defense, Suzuki Go, who had taken mound in the 3 1/3 innings, gave up another run when Manami hit sacrifice fly to center field with one out and runners on second and third. In the seventh inning, Ito gave up a two-run homer to Nomura with no outs and a runner on first.

Having won a close game the previous day (the 14th), Stewart was hoping to build on that momentum, but this was his first loss since the game Rakuten Eagles on May 16th (Rakuten Eagles Mobile's Saikyo Park Miyagi).