◆パ・リーグ　オリックス３―０日本ハム（２０日・京セラドーム大阪）

Nippon-Ham lost to Orix Buffaloes, ending their three-game winning streak. They were unable to achieve their first eight-game winning streak against Orix Buffaloes in 20 years, since 2005-06. Starting pitcher Arihara gave up 7 hits, 3 hit Walk 3 runs (1 earned) in 6 innings, throwing 100 pitches, and suffered his sixth loss of the season.

After the game, manager Shinjo reflected on Arihara's pitch, saying, "After walk to Nishikawa and Ota in the third inning, sacrifice fly was a shame. His fastball was working well today, so I thought he could have gotten the out if he had just thrown a straight two seam fastball or a two-seam fastball into strike zone." He regretted the moment when he walked Nishikawa and Ota consecutively with breaking ball Walk and then gave up sacrifice fly to So with the bases bases loaded and one out.

His fastest pitch was 149 km/h, and he had no runs from the fourth inning onward. In the sixth inning, he showed a perfect pitch by closer all three batters in just 10 pitches. The manager said, "That's normal. If he were the one. If we had given up three runs and gotten back at least two, I think both our mindset and pitching would have changed," he reflected.

Arihara himself spoke of his challenges and achievements, saying, "I think the ball itself was good, but walk too many walks and didn't get three up, three down very often, so I'd like to be able to throw with a better rhythm in those areas. I think my fastball was better than last time, so I want to keep improving it even more." Shindo, who was his battery mate, said, "The first time I caught for him was in an exhibition game, and the next time was in the last game against Orix Buffaloes, so this was the third time, but I think he was at his best this time. I felt that he had power and strength beyond just the speed of his pitches."