◆ Pacific League Orix Buffaloes vs. Lotte (26th, Kyocera Dome Osaka)

Orix Buffaloes pitcher Alen Kuri left the game after 6 innings, runs 9 hit and strike out.

In the first inning, with one out, he gave up a solo home run to Yamaguchi over the left field fence. In the second inning, he gave up a home run to Soto, change-up, on an inside changeup, which landed in the fifth deck of the left field stands. In the third and fourth innings, he gave up two hit each time, but he stepped up his game in critical situations and closer the opposing team runs.

Trailing by two runs in the fifth inning, Fujiwara led off with a single to right field, and then Ueda hit a single to center field with one out, putting runners on first and third. Yasuda then hit sacrifice fly to right field, giving up a third run.

In the sixth inning, with one out, he allowed doble to Ogawa to left-center Walk, then walked Yamazaki and Fujiwara, creating a two-out, bases-bases loaded situation. However, he managed to strike out struck out swinging in the end. From the seventh inning, the second pitcher, Takashima, took mound.

Following his starts against Softbank Hawks on the 8th (Kyocera Dome Osaka), against Rakuten Eagles on the 14th (Rakuten Eagles Mobile Saikyo Park Miyagi), and against Nippon-Ham on the 20th (Kyocera Dome Osaka), he took mound for the third consecutive game with only five days of rest. He threw 127 pitches and kept the game close, but his eighth win was put on hold.