◆ Pacific League League: Rakuten Eagles (23rd, ZOZO Marine Stadium)

Rakuten Eagles 's pitcher, Tatsuki Koja, started the game against Lotte and was taken out after 6 innings, runs 7 hit and 3 strike out, while striking out 6.

In the first inning, with two outs and a runner on second, he gave up an RBI single to right field by Yasuda, conceding the first run. He pitched tenaciously from the second inning onward, but ran into trouble in the fifth when the game was tied. With no outs and a runner on first, he allowed an RBI single to right-center field by Fujiwara doble that put his team ahead, followed by an RBI single to left field by Yamaguchi.In the sixth inning, he retired three batters in a row struck out to keep the inning scoreless runs. Koga commented, “I regret letting the leadoff batter reach in the fifth inning. However, after giving up the run, I was able to reset and keep the game close, so I think that was a positive. Since the fielder tied the game, I’ll be cheering them on from here so the team can win.”

He was taken out of the game with the score tied, and was unable to secure his first win in about two months since May 16th.