◆ Pacific League Nippon-Ham 1-0 Rakuten Eagles (September 9th, ES CON FIELD)

Rakuten Eagles 's loss put them at 60 losses, the fastest in both leagues this season. Their fourth consecutive series loss puts them tying their season-high deficit at 22 games.

Starter Kosa threw 86 pitches over 8 innings, throwing 2 hit 6 strike out with no walks and Hit by Pitch for his eighth loss. He kept a perfect pitch through the sixth inning, but in the seventh inning, leadoff Igoman hit a hit to right, ending both the perfect game and the no hitter. Afterward, during Mizuno's sacrifice bunt to third base, the third base was left wide open, allowing runner and Igoman to advance to third. With one out and a runner on third, Mannami hit an unlucky RBI single to the rear of shortstop. He gave up the winning run.

The batting lineup was unable to break through Nippon-Ham starting right-handed pitcher, Arihara. Despite having six hit, more than Nippon-Ham, they were unable to capitalize on crucial moments.

After the game, manager Yoshii said, "I was a terrible manager, so even though Koja had a great pitching performance, I couldn't get the win, and I feel really bad about what happened to him. I think we could have scored more runs if I had come up with a better strategy. I'll do better next time. I can't blame Koja at all. Everyone did their best on offense, too. I think there were things I could have done from the bench. Today is my responsibility."