◆パ・リーグ　オリックス０―７日本ハム（１８日・京セラドーム大阪）

Nippon-Ham secured a decisive victory against Orix Buffaloes, extending their winning streak against Orix Buffaloes to six games. Their lead in the standings increased to 10 games. Starting pitcher Hosono earned his third win of the season, pitching seven hit innings, allowing only four runs.

Starting pitcher Hosono was hit pitch through the fourth inning. In the fifth inning, he gave up his first hit to leadoff Ota, but with one out, he retired Wakatsuki double play and did not allow any runs. Centered around his fastball at 152 km/h, he threw sweepers and splitter to strike out 4. He gave up two Walk but did not allow any runs.

The offense took the lead in the second inning with a timely doble to left-center field by Yoshida. In the fourth inning, they scored two more runs with consecutive timely hits from Nomura and Kiyomiya Yuki. They added another run in the fourth inning, successfully taking down the opposing starting pitcher, Jerry.