◆ Pacific League Lotte 5-3 Seibu Lions (April 4th, ZOZO Marine Stadium)

Seibu Lions suffered a heartbreaking come-from-behind loss, eliminating their chances of winning the pennant on their own after 100 games. They are now 7 games behind league leaders Softbank Hawks.

Starting pitcher Kaima Taira was pulled after his shortest outing of the season, having given up 5 runs in just 3 innings. He had given up 9 hit and thrown 82 pitches by the 3rd inning.

In the second inning, after Walk and an infield hit put runners on second and third with two outs, he gave up a two-run single to Fujiwara to tie the game. In the third inning, with one out and a runner on second, he gave up a go-ahead RBI single to Soto, and then with two outs and a runner on first, he gave up a two-run homer to Ogawa, extending the lead. He gave up three runs on five consecutive hits, both long and short. He was replaced after that inning. ERA, which was 1.16 before the game, jumped to 1.59.

The offense took the lead in the first inning with two outs and a runner on second base when Nevin hit his 16th home run, a two-run shot. In the fifth inning, when they were trailing by three runs, Canario hit his 9th home run of the season, a solo shot, his first since the game against Nippon-Ham on June 27th (at Belluna Dome). However, in the eighth inning, with no outs and a runner on first base An-Ko Lin 's hit unfortunately lost momentum just short of the center field scoreboard. They were unable to score any runs other than those two Home Run.