◆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 extended their winning streak against Orix Buffaloes to six games, increasing their lead to 10 games above .500. Starting pitcher Hosono earned his third win of the season, pitching seven hit runs, allowing only four hits.

Manager Shinjo mentioned the decisive "call in the fourth inning." Despite the early start of second base runner Reyes' touch-up against Mannami's fly to right with no outs and runners on second with no outs, the double play was not allowed. Considering that the base umpire once made a safe gesture and then called out on request, he said, "The umpire of the first baseman is safer, and Reyes saw that gesture and ran. So, if Manager Kishida had made two catch and two tag-ups (and requests) at once, wouldn't both be successful? If he had used both. He was probably focused on watching whether the right fielder defense was catching or not. But Kurirashi-kun (short stop knows, right? Reyes hasn't returned to second base at all," he recalled. He added, "I don't say all sorts of things. umpire are studying hard and making those decisions. No matter how much you protest. The ones who perfectly understand the rules are the umpire," he added.