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

Lotte's second-round draft pick, pitcher Kaito Mori (22) from Meiji University, started the game but pitched 4 1/3 innings, throwing 70 pitches, giving up 7 hit and 1 runs before being relieved. He was unable to secure his third win of the season, which would have been his first since the game Seibu Lions on May 3rd.

In the first inning, our offense gave us the first run thanks to a timely hit by Yasuda. However, in the third inning, with one out, we allowed a double to left-center doble to Nakajima. YG's Yasuda grounded out to second base, leaving two outs and a runner on third, when Tatsumi hit a game-tying RBI single to center field.

In the fifth inning, tied 1-1, he gave up three consecutive hits to leadoff hitter Kurokawa and bases loaded no outs. In this crisis, manager Saburo informed him that he would be replaced. Yagi, who replaced him, swung Tatsumi struck out and got McCusker to grounder to short double play to get through the runs with no outs.