◆ Pacific League: Rakuten Eagles vs. Softbank Hawks (August 2nd, Rakuten Eagles Mobile Saikyo Park Miyagi)

Rakuten Eagles 's pitcher, Tatsuki Koja, faltered in the fourth inning.

The left-handed pitcher, who started against Softbank Hawks, allowed only one hit and no runs through three innings, getting off to a spectacular start with struck out.

However, in the fourth inning, with a one-run lead, with one out and runners on first and second, Kurokawa at first base fumbled Yanagida's hard-hit ball (recorded as an error), allowing the opposing team to tie the game. With one out and runners on first and third, Yamamoto hit a ground ball to second base, giving the opposing team the go-ahead run, followed by consecutive RBI hits from Makihara and Imamiya. They gave up four runs in this inning and were overtaken.