◆ Pacific League League: Rakuten Eagles (22nd, ZOZO Marine Stadium)

Rakuten Eagles pitcher Takahisa Hayakawa (28) started the game but was pulled after 5 innings, throwing 97 pitches, giving up 10 hit including 2 Home Run and 8 runs. The 8 runs were his worst of the season, and he was unable to secure his fifth win of the season, which he hadn't achieved since the game against Nippon-Ham on the 3rd.

He faced off against Kojima, a fellow Waseda University alumnus and two years his senior. In the first inning, he gave up a timely doble to Yasuda, and his pitches weren't sharp from the start. In the second inning, he gave up four runs, including a three-run homer to Soto. In the third inning, he gave up a solo home run to Sato, and in the fifth inning, he gave up runs on a timely hit by Yamamoto.