◆パ・リーグ　オリックス６―２日本ハム（１４日・京セラドーム大阪）

Orix Buffaloes Tomoya Mori catcher was sent as a pinch hitter in his third at-bat. As the seventh batter and DH, he returned to the starting rotation for the first time in five games since the game against Lotte on the 8th (ZOZO Marine Stadium). However, in the third inning, he was hit by a swinging struck out in the lead, and in the fifth inning, trailing by one run, he grounded out to first with two outs and a runner on second. In August, he At Bat 20 with a .100 batting average of 2 hit, and neither Home Run nor RBI was hit, showing he hasn't been able to perform at his best.

hitter, the team’s star player, was removed from the active roster on June 2 due to upper-body injuries but has continued to play in the DH since being recalled on the 27th. With the score tied 2–2 in the seventh inning with two outs, Manager Kishida sent in pinch hitter Nishino and simply remarked, “Well, there were various reasons.”