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

Having had their chances of winning the championship on their own eliminated the previous night, Seibu Lions failed to break down Lotte's starting pitcher Mori in their fifth encounter this season. They handed Mori his third win of the season, which is his total win total. It was a painful second consecutive loss.

In the second inning, the offense got on base when Nevin led off with a single to left hit, but the rest of the batters couldn't keep the momentum going. In the sixth inning, trailing by three runs, they created a good opportunity with consecutive hits, putting runners on first and second with one out, but Kojima flied out to left field and Nevin flied out to center field, failing to score.

Starting pitcher Sou Sato suffered his first professional loss, giving up 8 hit 7 runs in 6 1/3 innings.

In the fourth inning, with the score still 0-0, Ogawa hit triple to right-center field with two bases loaded and sweep loaded, giving up three runs in one inning. In the sixth inning, Yamaguchi led off with a solo Home Run to left field, and after getting one out, pinch hitter Yamamoto Dai also gave up a solo Home Run to left field.

In the seventh inning, trailing by five runs, he was taken out of the game with one out and runners on first and second base. However, the second pitcher who took over, Yu Nakamura, gave up a three-run homer to Soto to left field, further widening the gap.