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

Starting pitcher Kosei Takahashi threw 100 pitches over six innings, strike out five, allowing six hit and three runs, earning his eighth win of the season, his first since the game against The Giants on June 12th (at Belluna Dome).

He formed a battery with the first draft pick Taiga Kojima catcher in 12 games. In the first inning, he faced a crisis with two outs and runners on second and third, but got Murabayashi out to grounder to shortstop for a runs start. In the third inning, with his teammates leading by four runs, after a series of hits putting runners on first and third with no outs, YG Yasuda hit his second three-run homer, and he said, "After all, extra-base hits get involved in runs, so I have to pitch where I can't let them hit for extra hits," and said with a slump. After that, he continued pitching tenaciously and did not allow any additional runs.

The right-hander had pitched 4 1/3 innings in his previous outing and 3 innings in the one before that before being taken out of the game. Wiping away sweat, he said, "I'm happy to get my first win in about a month. I wanted to pitch longer inning, but I think I did my best today."