◆ Pacific League: Lotte 7-2 Orix Buffaloes (ZOZO Marine Stadium)

Orix Buffaloes pitcher 's team couldn't hold on and suffered a crushing defeat to the Lotte Marines. They're back to a 1-game deficit for the first time since the 2nd. Starter Jerry suffered his 7th loss (3 wins).

In the first inning, with two outs and a runner on third, Yamaguchi hit a go-ahead two-run homer over the left fence. In the sixth inning, tied 2-2, with two outs and bases loaded, Ogawa gave up a timely infield hit to first base, and errors by first baseman and Ota combined to give the team a two-run lead. He left the mound after 6 hit 4 runs (3 earned), 7 strike out innings. After earning his third win against Softbank Hawks on June 23 at Mizuho PayPay Dome, he went winless in six consecutive games. In the seventh inning, the second pitcher, Yoshida, was runs three. In the eighth, the third pitcher, Yamaoka, retired all three batters in order.

In the fourth inning, trailing by two runs, the offense scored one run on a ground ball to the pitcher by Ota with one out and runners on first and third. Then, with two outs and a runner on second, Kurebayashi hit a timely doble to left field to temporarily tie the game. However, they were unable to score any more runs after that.