◆ Pacific League Seibu Lions Nippon-Ham (23rd, Belluna Dome)

Seibu Lions starting pitcher, Chihiro Sumida pitched his shortest outing of the season, just four innings, giving up nine hit, strike out three, Walk three, and allowing a career-worst seven runs (four earned), resulting in his sixth loss of the season.

He started the first inning without giving up any runs. In the second inning, he gave up doble to Yoshida to right-center field, and with two outs and a bases loaded on second, he walked two consecutive Walk to load the bases with two outs, but he got Mizuno closer out to second base to escape the inning.

However, in the third inning, immediately after his team scored the first run, with two outs, consecutive hits put runners on first and third base, and Nomura hit a 116 km/h curveball on the inside corner for a go-ahead 3-run homer, his 13th of the season.

In the 4th inning, he gave up a grounder to second by Mizuno, second baseman Takizawa fumbled and allowed him to reach base, and with one out and a runner on first, Reyes hit his 21st two-run homer. After that, hit and Walk were balked by themselves to put runners on second and third with two outs, and Hosokawa hit a two-run single to left, leaving the game after this inning. "I feel truly sorry for pitching like this at such a crucial time for the team, and I also apologize to the fans who came to the stadium. I made a pitching that absolutely shouldn't have been given up on a team with many Home Run, saving up runner and giving up hits," he said, biting his lip.