◆ Pacific League Rakuten Eagles Seibu Lions (18th, Rakuten Eagles Mobile Saikyo Park Miyagi)

Starting pitcher Natsuki Takeuchi pitched a solid game, allowing 6 hit and 3 runs over 8 innings, but suffered his second complete game loss, bringing his total to 5 losses.

He started strong, retiring the first three batters in order. However, he gave up solo Home Run in the second and fifth innings, allowing two runs in total.

He continued to pitch tenaciously, throwing 75 pitches by the end of the sixth inning. However, in the seventh inning, with the score tied 2-2 and two outs and a runner on third base, he gave up a go-ahead RBI single to left field to Rakuten Eagles third-round draft pick, Shigenaga, who was getting his first professional hit.

The left-hander surprisingly recorded zero strike out, saying, "I really wanted to get strikeouts at crucial moments, so I think I was a little unable to get into a rhythm." This was his second consecutive complete game game loss against Rakuten Eagles, following the game on June 25th (Rakuten Eagles Mobile Saikyo Park Miyagi), and he looked dejected, saying, "I was trying to pitch well closer at crucial moments, but I got hit in the end."