◆ Seibu Lions Pacific League: Seibu vs. Softbank Hawks (9th, Belluna Dome)

Starting pitcher Natsuki Takeuchi pitched strike out, allowing 11 hit 4 runs (3 earned), but was not able to earn his ninth win.

In the first inning, all three batters retired in order. In the second inning, Kondo gave up his 24th go-ahead solo homer, and although the lead was pushed runner to first and second with no outs, Yanagimachi hit a grounder to second double play and Kawase grounded out to catch grounders, preventing any runs. In the third inning, despite a defense disorder and a no-outs bases loaded crisis, Makihara grounded out to second and Kondo swung struck out, and Yu Yamamoto hit a single foul fly to get runs the score.

In the fourth inning, he retired the side in order again. In the fifth, he allowed a single to right field hit to leadoff hitter Shōji, but caught the next batter, Masaki, off base on the first pitch. In the sixth, he made leadoff hitter Kondo swing and miss at a 121-kilometer-per-hour curveball, then induced a swing-and-miss struck out from the next batter, Yū Yamamoto; with two outs and a runner on first, he got Yanagimachi to hit a line drive to left field.

Trailing by one run in the seventh inning, Kishi catch a single to center by Masaki with one out and a runner on first, and while Kishi bad throw to third, first baseman runner scored home, resulting in an unfortunate one-run loss. With one out and a runner on second, Shuto hit a infield hit to shortstop, prompting manager Nishiguchi to announce the substitution.

After the second pitcher, Kuroda, loaded the bases with two bases loaded, he gave up a three-run doble to Yamamoto Yu, sweep.