◆ Pacific League Rakuten Eagles Seibu Lions (19th, Rakuten Eagles Mobile Saikyo Park Miyagi)

Rakuten Eagles lost the second game of their series against Seibu Lions, missing out on their first five-game winning streak of the season.

Ulenha, who started the game, suffered his fourth loss in the sixth inning, 7 hit 4 runs. In the third inning, with one out and a runner on second, Nishikawa gave up a go-ahead RBI single to center. With one out and runners on first and second, Kojima hit his fourth three-run homer, allowing four runs in the inning.

The offense narrowed the gap to one run in the third inning with YG Yasuda's second home run of the season, a three-run shot, and held the opponent runs from the fourth to the sixth inning, but they were unable to secure their third win.

For the third game on the 20th, where they will be aiming for their second consecutive series win, 41-year-old veteran Kish will be the starting pitcher.