◆ Pacific League: Rakuten Eagles vs. Seibu Lions (19th, Rakuten Eagles Mobile Saikyo Park Miyagi)
Seibu Lions scored four runs in the third inning to take an early lead.
In the third inning, with the score tied at 0-0 and one out and a runner on second, Manaya Nishikawa outfielder hit an RBI single to center field to give his team the lead. With one out and runners on first and second, first-round draft pick Taiga Kojima catcher connected on a 142-kilometer-per-hour pitch change-up from opposing starter Ureña, launching his fourth home run of the season—a three-run shot.
The team is currently on a two-game losing streak.
![[Photo] Kasumi Mori throws the first pitch in a miniskirt! "She was incredibly cute."](https://hochi.news/images/2024/09/14/20240914-OHT1I51169-L.jpg)
![[Scoreboard] Rakuten Eagles vs. Seibu Lions](https://hochi.news/assets/v2/img/hochi_news_sns.png)
![[Seibu Lions] Lost two in a row... Natsuki Takeuchi pitched eight innings, giving up three runs, but suffered his second complete game, allowing Rakuten Eagles third-round draft pick, Shigenaga, to get the go-ahead hit, which was his first professional hit.](https://hochi.news/images/2026/07/18/20260718-OHT1I51567-L.jpg)
![[Rakuten Eagles] Achieves its fourth four-game winning streak of the season; third-round draft Akira Shigenaga delivers the game-winning hit, and Shoji Koji earns his fifth win.](https://hochi.news/images/2026/07/18/20260718-OHT1I51577-L.jpg)
![[Seibu Lions] Natsuki Takeuchi suffers his second consecutive complete game against Rakuten Eagles, surprisingly with strike out. "I couldn't get into a rhythm," he said. He gave up 3 runs in 8 innings for his 5th loss.](https://hochi.news/images/2026/07/18/20260718-OHT1I51622-L.jpg)
