◆ Pacific League: Orix Buffaloes vs. Nippon-Ham (19th, Kyocera Dome Osaka)

In a collaborative game with "Nogizaka baseball Club," a unit of baseball enthusiasts from the idol group "Nogizaka46," members Aya Ogawa, Saya Kanagawa, Haruka Kuromi, Yuna Shibata, Kokoro Setoguchi, and Rio Nagashima were in attendance.

At the pre-match ground, he performed the official collaboration song "Take Me to Pacific League" for the 2026 Pacific League team. Kuromi performed the first baseman pitch ceremony. pitch passed over home plate. Although he narrowly bounced in front of the catcher, he was almost bounce and looked back with a smile, saying, "99 points. There's still room for growth."

Furthermore, the six players went to Orix Buffaloes dugout just before the first pitch. Kuromi was in charge of "speaking up" in the team huddle. He encouraged the team, which was on a four-game losing streak, saying, "Let's change the momentum from here, win streaks and ride this wave." He shouted, "Let's go!" "I don't have any experience in sports clubs, so I've never done this kind of cheering before, and I was really nervous. Tomoya Mori said, 'That really gets me fired up,' and that saved me," he said, having successfully boosted the morale of his teammates.