◆ Pacific League Rakuten Eagles Rakuten vs. Orix Buffaloes (16th, Rakuten Eagles Mobile Saikyo Park Miyagi)

In the 7th inning, trailing by two runs, Orix Buffaloes narrowed the gap to one run with a right-field single by Kita. Immediately afterwards, Yamazaki took the mound. The previous day, on the 15th, he had thrown 32 pitches. He got the leadoff batter, Kurokawa, out on a ground ball to second base, but then gave up a home run to Tatsumi. The first pitch, a 151 km/h fastball, was hit over the right field fence, extending the lead to two runs. With two outs, he then gave up doble to Murabayashi, and then allowed a timely single to Watanabe Yoshi before being taken out of the game.

Tatsumi has hit home runs in three consecutive games. Unable to stop the opposing team's number three hitter, they are facing a difficult situation.