◆ Pacific League: Nippon-Ham vs. Rakuten Eagles (25th, ES CON FIELD)

Rakuten Eagles 's pitcher Kosei Shoji started the game against Nippon-Ham and was taken out after 7 innings, having given up 6 hit 2 runs.

It was a chaotic start. In the first inning, with both teams scoreless, Mizuno immediately hit a solo home run to left field. The right-hander was aiming for his career-high sixth win, but it was an unexpected start. Nevertheless, with two outs and the bases loaded loaded, Tatsumi made a great catch of a ball hit deep to center field, preventing any further runs from scoring.

After that, he mixed in splitter and other fastballs and pitched well. In the 7th inning, with a one-run lead, he was tied by sacrifice fly by Narama, but his teammates rallied immediately afterward. YG Yasuda hit a timely doble the center field fence to take the lead. Shoji left the game with the right to be winning pitcher.