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

Second-placed Seibu Lions lost the first game of their two-game series against Lotte, eliminating their chances of winning the pennant on their own in their 100th game of the season. The gap between them and first-placed Softbank Hawks widened to seven games. After the game, manager Nishiguchi reiterated his determination to win every game, saying, "We can't let the gap between us and the leader widen any further, and we can't let things continue like this. We'll do our best tomorrow to beat Mori (the opposing starting pitcher), whom we haven't beaten yet, and get the win."

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 right field to Fujiwara, tying the game. In the third inning, with one out and a runner on second, he gave up a single to center field to Soto, putting the opposing team behind, 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.

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.