◆ Pacific League Lotte 8-0 Seibu Lions (May 5th, ZOZO Marine Stadium)

Lotte secured their first winning streak in about a month, achieving their first series win in nine series. Their record is now 44 wins, 48 losses, and 3 ties, reducing their deficit to 4 games.

Starting pitcher Mori (Meiji University), a second-round draft pick left-hander, threw 86 pitches over six innings, allowing only three hit and no runs, earning his third win of the season, his first since the game Seibu Lions on May 3rd, approximately three months ago. All three of his wins have come against Seibu Lions, demonstrating his dominance against them.

The offense also scored effectively. In the fourth inning with two outs and bases loaded, Ogawa hit a three-triple to Seibu Lions-center field to give them the lead. In the sixth inning, Yamaguchi hit his 18th solo home run and Yamamoto hit his 2nd solo home run to add two more runs, and in the seventh inning, Soto hit his 14th three-run homer. At their home stadium, where there was a celebratory mood after Masuda achieved his 250th career save in the game against Seibu on the 4th, the pitching and hitting clicked, and they secured a comfortable win.