◆ Pacific League Rakuten Eagles Orix Buffaloes (12th, Rakuten Eagles Mobile Saikyo Park Miyagi)

Orix Buffaloes suffered a come-from-behind loss, putting them back into debt. Starting pitcher Espinoza, who had been on pace for a shutout game with 5 scoreless runs and only 61 pitches, proved to be a miscalculation. In the 6th inning, with a two-run lead, he suddenly gave up a solo home run to Kurokawa and a bases loaded slam to McCusker, who gave Orix the lead.

The foreign right-hander was the league-leading 11th win if he had won. "I think he was pitching in good form up to the fifth inning. The home run of the first pitch in the sixth inning was hit well by a pitch that was by no means bad. The Walk that followed, the connection with a hit, was also a big problem, and I wanted to pitch to somehow stop the final home run," he said with a stern expression.

The lineup took the lead with Kururin's 14th two-run homer, but no additional runs were scored. In the ninth inning, fourth pitcher Abe runs two homers. Rakuten Eagles He assisted Ken Maeda's 100th career NPB win.