◆ Pacific League Rakuten Eagles Orix Buffaloes (November 11, Rakuten Eagles Mobile Saikyo Park Miyagi)

Rakuten Eagles suffered a come-from-behind loss to Orix Buffaloes. This was their second consecutive loss, putting them at their worst deficit of the season at 23 games below .500.

The early part was pitcher game. Starter Shoji made effective use of his curveball but went runs through the third inning. Orix Buffaloes Starter Kuriri also continued runs pitch without a game.

The middle innings turned into an aerial battle. In the fourth inning, Nakajima led off with a solo home run, his third of the season, off Kuri, breaking the deadlock. However, Shoji couldn't hold on. In the fifth inning, with one out and a runner on first, he gave up a go-ahead two-run homer to Noguchi.

In the eighth inning, they were trailing by one run. Second batter Shibata hit a hit to right field by Yamanaka leading off, and Nishikawa sacrifice bunt to first base. first baseman Yoshiyuki Watanabe, who catch the ball, bad throw to Murabayashi, who had covered first base, and the situation spread to runners on first and third with no outs. He then gave Ota a Hit by Pitch, and with one out bases loaded, gave up a doble of sweep to Kurenashi. In the ninth, they added four more runs, including a two-run doble by So, and the game was runs seven in the final innings.

The offense managed to score only one run through seven innings against Kuri. After that, they were unable to break down the relief pitchers.