◆ Pacific League Seibu Lions 3-7 Softbank Hawks (24th, Belluna Dome)

Second-placed Seibu Lions lost the first game of their direct confrontation against first-placed Softbank Hawks, the final series of the first half of the season, widening the gap to 5.5 games. Starting pitcher Yutaro Watanabe suffered his sixth loss of the season, strike out 7 hits, 2 hit, and 4 Walk in 6 runs while striking out 7.

He runner through the third inning but no runs pitch. However, with a one-run lead, Kurihara hit his 30th three-run homer with runners on first and third and no outs in the fourth, allowing the lead to comeback. With the team tied the game, he entered the fifth inning with no outs and a runner on third, but then he and Masaki scored consecutive struck out bases with Nomura and Masaki, and finally got Shuto to grounder to second to get through the runs with no outs.

However, in the sixth inning, with the score Walk, he walked the leadoff hit, then gave up a single to Kurihara, putting runners on first and third with no outs, before giving up a timely single to Yanagida, allowing the opposing team to take the lead again. He managed to get out of the inning, but was taken out of the game after that.

Emmanuel Ramírez who came in as the second pitcher in the 7th inning, was unable to stop the momentum. After putting runners on first and third with no outs, he gave up a run on a wild pitch, and then with one out and a runner on third, he gave up a two-run homer to Kondo to right field, his 23rd of the season, which put the opponent further behind.

In the second inning, with both teams scoreless, Nevin led off with a solo home run, his 15th of the season, to give his team the lead. In the fourth inning, trailing by two runs after allowing the opposing team to take the lead, outfielder An-Ko Lin hit a two-run homer to right field with one out and a runner on first to temporarily tie the game, but both attempts proved to be in vain.